Sadly, I believe what you have written is all true. The whole of your premise smacks of Jimmy Stewart in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” If you don’t play you will be crushed. It is so much like other places that run on money and power. Like most corporate structures.
“It is so much like other places that run on money and power.”
I’m afraid there is too much money in a government the size of ours. The institution of the income tax by amending the Constitution and the abdication of sound money through the establishment of the Federal Reserve were huge mistakes that allowed the Federal government and the Wall Street banks to control the economy.
He who owns the gold makes the rules.