@zebuceta @37712 @Tfmonkey That's a lot of well educated brain power strategizing on running an empire. You're just one person and you're barely scratching the surface on knowing what classified gov info these people in charge have that informs their strategy. I'm sorry to blow this cope bubble, but they're not retarded.
In a finals world soccer match against two teams, the teams necessarily are good, but one HAS to lose. That team didn't lose because they're retarded and incompetent.
@zebuceta @37712 @Tfmonkey I have one last point as an appeal to rationality. Have you ever run a business with employees? If so, you know it's not easy. It's messy and choatic. Things aren't perfect regardless of what you want to happen. Now extrapolate this to a big corporation. Imagine the clusterfuck they deal with internally. Now expand this to a whole nation. Holy shit what a mess. Now to a whole empire with other nation hostile or antagonistic to them. Running all of that is a nightmare.