“Our self annointed elitists are psychopaths.”
I agree with your whole post, but I would include both of the parties that make Washington what it is in this description. They -have- to keep the nation polarized. As soon as the majority of people recognize that the power struggle is not left versus right, but top versus bottom, the tumbril carts will roll.
The pickpockets work the crowd while they are distracted with the theater of opposition. In reality, both sides are being played for suckers, and the crooks at the top are raking it in.
I think the fear in high places is that people are beginning to get a glimpse at the game behind the curtain, and once people begin to 'get it' in significant numbers, things could get ugly.