Gibesmedats?
No, I think that they play the roll of “useful idiots” or bought votes... not the primary actors, nor even the main beneficiaries.
It seems to me there are concerted efforts to reduce many to slavery, to eliminate rights, and to establish a sort of “second-class citizen” — just look at things like student loans, which are one of the few debts that survives bankruptcies, and how hard they’re pushed onto college kids, as if to saddle them with debt for decades — just look at how things like the TSA and restrictions are pushed — just look at how felonies, even if you serve your sentence, still prohibit one from exercising the right of a citizen and how very many (and easy) felonies there are; it reminds me of that one Atlas Shrugged quote:
“Did you really think we want those laws observed?” said Dr. Ferris. “We want them to be broken. You’d better get it straight that it’s not a bunch of boy scouts you’re up against... We’re after power and we mean it... There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted — and you create a nation of law-breakers — and then you cash in on guilt. Now that’s the system, Mr. Reardon, that’s the game, and once you understand it, you’ll be much easier to deal with.”