That IS a rejection of God.
Spiders are born spinning webs, snakes slither away, birds fly and etc., so many of the animal kingdom are instinctively and almost immediately their kind.
We, on the other hand, take about 33 years to mature (not a random number, but one I've analyzed over the years and it's a pretty interesting sermon/message) and we go through extensive training chock full of trial and error, correction, punishment, etc.
It is damned (proper use of word) sure true the desire for power is because God is rejected.
Throwing a "logical" argument on the subject just exascerbates and prolongs the correction(s) that need to occur for us to truly win back our nation .... without a bloody revolution.
We can repent or we will pay ... and it is a choice ... and it is ours.
“” ... a relentless drive to control ... “”
I think that drive also seeks to control natural selection and the evolution of not just our own species but many others.