Seems a slightly simplistic analysis. We know there are people who scheme and plot to get what they want, and will stop at nothing to do so. We also know that

Seems a slightly simplistic analysis. We know there are people who scheme and plot to get what they want, and will stop at nothing to do so. We also know that the real world is chaotic, that no battle plan survives first contact with the enemy. The most successful schemers are not those who can think ten moves ahead, because no-one can do that. Instead they're the ones who can turn on a dime, who can rapidly re-scheme, and re-scheme again, always adapting to circumstances so quickly that the rest of us are left wondering wtf happened.