People really get their backs up about someone having to step down from a position of great power to a position of somewhat less, but still considerable, power.

People really get their backs up about someone having to step down from a position of great power to a position of somewhat less, but still considerable, power. I suspect it speaks to people's feeling that there may be things they can't achieve if they don't behave or present a certain way. But even if there was an injustice here, there are far greater injustices in the world, done to people who don't wield any power, who are just trying to get by. People who are denied even a modicum of self-determination, let alone power.