"led to believe.." By whom? And, all of them? How about on the level of nation-states where the true power lies. As national policy, entire nations/empires wil

"led to believe.." By whom? And, all of them? How about on the level of nation-states where the true power lies. As national policy, entire nations/empires will be "convinced" as status symbol? No one will see the power on the table that everyone else has left?