Actually it makes perfect sense, if you're looking at it from the perspective of the actual world we're told we're dealing with, rather than the world that conveniently happens to prop up ones favorite characters.

Since propping up this person or that's favorites is not anything I have any interest in doing (I would rather deal with the game and characters as they are presented, rather than how I wish it would be in order to prop up my faves) it's clear we're not going to agree on this.