In her iconic novel Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand compared the power of the state, so valued by the left, to a once-mighty oak that has rotted from the inside out. What once seemed invincible had been rendered fragile and hollow  by decades of corruption. Just a few months ago, the left seemed unbeatable despite the obvious incompetence of its leaders, because of its command over nearly every major institution in modern American life.

Behind the unified front of its terrifying institutional power, leftist frontmen abused their positions for grift and gain. The key to the apparent collapse of today’s left was the greed and corruption of its own people.

Below is a just a partial list of the leftist champions falling due to their own abuses of power.

1.  Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum.

No attempt to map the geography of leftist power would be complete that did not prominently feature the World Economic Forum. It has been tied to intelligence operations and climate tyranny. Its former leader, who looks like a 1970s era James Bond villain, now stands accused of stealing from the organization. According to The Wall Street Journal, Schwab allegedly used Forum funds to receive “in-room massages,” which he paid for with cash advances he forced his underlings to make from Forum accounts. The allegations, which were sent to the Forum in an anonymous letter, also claim that Schwab’s wife arranged unnecessary meetings at luxurious locales so that the pair could vacation at the organization’s expense. While Schwab apparently lived in luxury at donor expense, he advocated for a transition from beef to bugs for the peasants beneath him as a way to “protect the climate.” Schwab denies the allegations, but resigned under a cloud.