The hubris of omni-impotence

In exile, the hubris of omnipotence is replaced by the hubris of omni-impotence. 

Rather than believing that everything is possible, the ruling elite in exile believes they are in an impossible situation from the get-go, and so they are persuaded it is not important for them to have to reconcile their beliefs with the manifest evidence before them because that evidence only confirms what they already know, which is that their situation is impossible and, for all practical purposes, unsustainable. 

Ironically, the effect is the same – the hubris of omni-impotence results in absolute power on the part of the rulers and no need for the rulers to justify their decisions on the basis of either reason or manifest success or failure.