You have written a very insightful response, which is what I hoped you would do. I see this hegemony as a system of economic rewards given to those who give economic support to a politician’s reelection campaign. It is a cycle of rewards that requires that government grows bigger and bigger. In the hands of the Left, Big Government wants to instigate hard Communism. In the hands of the Republicans, we have Big Government Marxism Light. Both parties are involved in it.
To increase the stakes of the rewards, they create legislation that drives potential campaign contributors to contribute in order to lessen the impact of the legislation on themselves. It is all a money game, with the citizen caught in the corruption of the body politics with loss of freedom.
Well said, and true. Thanks for your kind words, as well.