The same is true in all political systems. A king must constantly play a social media game too or their rivals may gain the upper hand. A modern despot must con

The same is true in all political systems. A king must constantly play a social media game too or their rivals may gain the upper hand. A modern despot must constantly ensure that they never show weakness for the same reasons. There are always rivals and there is always a game. So far we have never come up with a working political system that banishes this stuff. It's a game theory problem.