Though doing that would require competent rivals. Which may be considerably more common in SF than in the real world.
This whole circus kicked off in November, 2024.
Actually, arguably, it kicked off June 6, 2015.
Actually, scratch that… it kicked off June 14, 1946.
Nope, then again, 18 July, 1925.
Come to think of it, April 20th, 1889.
I tell a lie… part way through 1611?
Or, actually, probably around (with a enormously big “-ish”) 70AD, when people started taking the figurative “Father” references literally?
Though doing that would require competent rivals. Which may be considerably more common in SF than in the real world.