Do we ever get to choose the hegemony that rises to power?

Question

Do we ever get to choose the hegemony that rises to power?

Answer 1

No. we suffer under its yoke. weiszed has given a pretty good answer.  Give this one to him.

Answer 2

I don't believe so. Perhaps initially you could favor events with enough foresight but a hegemony usually forms like a rolling snowball. After a certain point it just feeds itself with it's own momentum. Although with the same analogy, it usually ends in shambles as well.