Does not the acceptance of a spurious perfection end the search for true perfection? - Matt Hughes

Have you considered the possibility that our standards as to what is important may differ?

Well, as I say, authority is always lawfully relinquished, but sometimes the legitimacy is acquired after the relinquishment.
“You mean retroactively?”
I mean that cause and effect are not always arranged in an ideal sequence.
“In other words,” Filidor translated, “not only do victors write the histories, but usurpers also rewrite the rule book to justify the illicit seizure of office.”
Perhaps not the most felicitous manner of putting it, but essentially correct.
“I am surprised the people put up with such shenanigans. They should rise up.”
Unwittingly, I am sure, you put your finger on the flaw in your own reasoning.
“How so?”
You said, “They should rise up,” not “We should rise up.” As long as it is a matter to be solved by others, it will not be.

"Then you will have to look at an experienced integrator."
"You mean a used and discarded one."
"We could quibble over narrow distinctions and shades of meaning all day, only to greet the evening with nothing accomplished. Or we could press on and solve your problem."