Abandoning the habit involves not only the inconvenience of losing perks and a certain lifestyle, but also the loss of power. Power may be increasingly illusory in a globalized world, but it is an illusion that is shared by others, and the longer one inhabits it, the more one’s circle consists of others who share the belief.
看起来，政治领导人无法体面下野。即使有所谓“有秩序的移交”（现在布莱尔和布朗之间经常使用这一名词），也是伴随着悲伤，至少是痛苦。看起来，政治职位要比海洛因还要让人上瘾。放弃这一习惯不仅有失去特权以及某种生活方式的不便，更是失去权力。在全球化的世界中，权力可能越发看似梦幻一般，但是，他人也有这一幻觉，而且某人怀有这种幻觉时间越长，其身边的人就越发具有相同的信念。