Looking back at history, great figures who could maintain consistency and carry their convictions through to the very end are equally few and far between.
The vast majority of people, once they rise to power and become the masters of their own fate, fall into the mindset of "I have suffered and toiled for so long, what is wrong with enjoying myself now?"
Only the most rigorous systems and the most stringent enforcers can offer any chance of ensuring the continued purity of ideology.
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