But the fact remains that someone is president and gets all the prestige and other perks of that position, and there are lots of other people who would like to

But the fact remains that someone is president and gets all the prestige and other perks of that position, and there are lots of other people who would like to be in that position yet aren't. Running things has never meant absolute ability to control systems, it has always been a relative measure of position within the hierarchy compared to others.