I believe you are 100% accurate Sir.
What you are describing has been going on from the dawn of human existence, it is part of the ‘Human Condition’, and this struggle will continue forever. The founding of America was an attempt to mitigate that human condition and give us a chance to change the paradigm. Basically we, the American Citizen blew it due to laziness and ignorance. It is my humble opinion that what we are currently witnessing is a return back to the times of peasant and royalty. The concept of ‘Consent of the Governed’ and ‘Self-Determination’ is evaporating. Sadly most Americans don’t even understand what this is much less practice it.