Age and treachery will beat youth and skill every time. Forecasting is difficult, especially about the future. All generalizations are incorrect, including this one. Join the Illuminati and see the world . Friends come, and friends go, but enemies accumulate.
Truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction has to make sense.
All law is codified revenge. Look it up. Objectivity is in the eye of the beholder. Smash the state, and have a nice day. No good deed goes unpunished.