Well. I can think of worse people to emulate, after all.
I didn't say it wasn't a valuable tool. It is. You are. I suppose it's possible it nudged any of those given factors along, but unless we're to discount free will entirely (and don't I wish we could - but alas), its role was minimal at best. I deserve to hold my post because I am morally and intellectually superior to other people. You assist me in obtaining it for your own reasons, and I understand that. But my aims have nothing to do with the Force - and from what I've heard people say about the Force, it seems to me they might be diametrically opposed to it.