You don't fully understand how far this goes. America is an Oligarchy. The Rockefellers and the other 60 families or so control everything. Media, Medical, Energy, Banking, Defense Industry, etc, they control it all. And then they found think tanks like the cfr and trilateral commission to control the government.
Here is a paper from two princeton professors (where the elite send their children) who decided the U.S. was an oligarchy:
“…Our analyses suggest that majorities of the American public actually have little influence over the policies our government adopts. Americans do enjoy many features central to democratic governance, such as regular elections, freedom of speech and association, and a widespread (if still contested) franchise. But we believe that if policy making is dominated by powerful business organizations and a small number of affluent Americans, then America’s claims to being a democratic society are seriously threatened.”
freedom of speech and association,
Been dead for a long time.