Alistair,

I’m a member of a secret society (you’ll see in a moment why that isn’t a terribly ironic thing to say). I just found out that there’s at least sixteen different ones, all of them working at random cross-purposes. It strikes me that this isn’t exactly efficient, and I get the feeling that all of these random power grabs leave us exactly where we were before. I suppose what I’m asking is: Do I need to found a super-organization with its fingers in everyone’s pie?

Cloak and Dagger in Nottingham

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Cloak and Dagger,

Do you need to? Obviously not. 

Should you? Still no. Very dangerous.

Could you? Theoretically.  Assuming that you’re willing to assume the risk, you could conceivably become the most powerful person alive.

A word to the wise: Almost every attempt to consolidate power has been doomed to a brutal overthrow from the outset. See: The Roman Empire; Alexander the Great; Napoleon Bonaparte; Google LLC; The United Djinn Confederacy; etc. One of the most reliable laws of nature is that people will choose any fate over the indignity of being “consolidated”. 

Trust me on this one.

Alistair