One fundamental premise of representative democracy is that the State protects citizens, and generally their country.
What does it say when a State actively engaged in weakening the country, exposing its citizens and businesses to attacks by any nefarious actor?
I'm positively at a loss. It's one thing to desire more (even absolute) power; it's another thing entirely to weaken the very thing you're trying to rule. What's the endgame here? Ruling over ashes, to ruin everyone's wealth and security (including yours) because... because what?
The error in your thinking is believing that they actually care about ruling as in caring what happens to their people as opposed to their own self interests. When you look at it from the perspective of how this power will help them personally, it all starts to make sense.
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I'm positively at a loss. It's one thing to desire more (even absolute) power; it's another thing entirely to weaken the very thing you're trying to rule. What's the endgame here? Ruling over ashes, to ruin everyone's wealth and security (including yours) because... because what?