I love history and read incessantly, especially political/ruler history. It's nothing new for 3500 years of well recorded history, even with the vaunted Greek Democracies 2500 years ago that power is constantly being fought over and for. Continues to this day, even in the West. Muder, sabotage, whatever it takes. Most are either too busy or too ignorant to notice and that's the way 'they' prefer it, so it's a shock to most when it's discovered.