We are at Step 4.
It seems to me that Step 6 is actually Step 3, and that we are already there.
Sobering.
I agree - we are at step 4; but with a provision, that step 10 (gov’t denying things) seems to always apply, all along the way.
At my current age - but now referring to a dear old friend - he, in the 1980’s, was determined to go to law school, in order to learn what was necessary for him to challenge the bureaucratic, corrupt, school system of his county (in California).
I now feel the same way, I am sorry to report. That fellow lived an incredible life, fighting for our freedoms. Possibly, I might pick up his oar and start rowing in his memory.