Let’s do a ‘power’ chart shall we. At the bottom we have da police whose SOLE duty is to uphold and enforce the various laws which are enacted by the next rung, the duly elected politicians and their appointed bureaucrats. Now it gets interesting for ya see the next rung up this so-called ‘power grid’ is us, the voters, who continually place these power people in positions that allow these actions to occur. But it appears to be OK cuz as long as we’re getting our ‘free sh-t’ we’ll put up with a little abuse, right? Must be true because we have allowed, even begged for more laws for various ‘benefits’ whether those benefits be social or security. What’s now happening is the natural order of things as we slide to that fascist state of being, a state which you support via your ‘fees and taxes’. What’s that saying....We have met the enemy and it be us.
I am a contrarian. The “we” you speak of does not necessarily include “me”.