See, it's all a persecution complex and the abhorrence of having several interested parties make decisions on a national issue that locals view as a completely local issue. The want everybody gone from the table but themselves.
It's like trying to kick the owner of a house out of the decisionmaking loop for how the house will be run.
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"Now I say that I know the meaning of my life: 'To live for God, for my soul.' And this meaning, in spite of its clearness, is mysterious and marvelous. Such is the meaning of all existence." Levin, Anna Karenina, Part 8, Chapter 12
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