Yeah it was not so much whether you or I want to catch up. It is simply by the nature that you CANNOT even if you wanted to that makes them kind of like FOREVER royalty.
It is kind of a digital feudalism. If the Lords/Ladies are benevolent things are good. If they get angry and are malevolent then it could be bad and there is not much anyone beneath them in power can do about it.
RE: You cannot take away from the author that which does not belong to the author.