But you can switch in and out of long mode, so it is also possible to basically do whatever you want. And you also have hardware virtualization. It is a politic

But you can switch in and out of long mode, so it is also possible to basically do whatever you want. And you also have hardware virtualization. It is a political decision to drop compatibility for 16 bit Windows and DOS (i.e. it was too much programming effort), don't blame the hardware.