The maddening part about it is the willing dupes that put these people in power. The dupes feel good about themselves because the “elite” promise that they have good intentions (like the dupes want to believe about themselves),
when in reality, they just want power and control.
And when you try to point this out to a dupe, they deny it and call you paranoid.
Hopefully, some over reach with its roots in arrogance by our betters will demonstrate to enough reguklar people that they need to rein in our ruling classes before it is all gone.
One can only hope. And stockpile ammo.