I don't think it's easy winning a power struggle. But I do think winning a power struggle counter-selects for many traits that make it very hard to create a well functioning economy.
In 'Designing a fighter' to win a power struggle, I'd take: ruthlessness, sudden betrayal, and a willingness to use violence.
Yet economies and cultures that tend to succeed value investment, rule of law, cooperation, learning, property rights, and finding win-win arrangement.
The original article was about how a forced dividend is cutting necessary investment, which does not seem wise, but very much seems like the act of a powerful monarch who doesn't understand what underlies long-term success.