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The liberal conception of power nears a magical understanding of reality. It's understood as if there was the sacred artifact that one can steal and keep for themselves, becoming Dictator of the country. It's so deeply ingrained that even top US leadership acted like Maduro would just drop the Stone of Power upon capture so they could give it to anyone they wanted to.