I never thought of it that way, but it makes perfect sense. I grew up in the lower levels of society. Raised by a single mother, not even meeting my father until the age of 13. I hated my mother from a very early age, blaming all the hypocrisy I witnessed on her and she deserved a large part of that blame. "Do as I say, not as I do" was the normal parenting technique and largely still is. Children want to grow up, so they can benefit from the perceived perks of adulthood, only to be dissapointed. Because of my awareness of the hypocrisy of control, coupled with living in poverty and a broken family, I rebelled. This caused the government to get involved when I was twelve. This same hypocrisy was witnessed at this higher level as well. See, I also had two younger brother's, who copied me. We all ended up in state care. I was to be in the system for 10 more years. Essentially, we children were being punished for having shitty parents. My mom lived on welfare, being completely dependent upon the system, so had zero opportunity to purchase the help of attorneys. I lashed out, determined to be treated as an equal at all costs. To this I employed the philosophy of "Might Makes Right". If I felt disrespected, you were assaulted. I didn't care about your title, whether you could take more of my freedom away or not. I assaulted friend, foe, eventually my father and probation officer, etc.. I ended up being in every type of juvenile program they had available. Instead of listening to me and trying to work with me, because as a child, what did I know? Even if I knew something, I was just supposed to do as I am told. I ended up turning 18 in the adult justice system and eventually going on to earning a prison number. All this could have been avoided if our system was based in mutual concern, courtesy and compassion, but government is an institution. Compassion is too costly. We must change the system if we want to save the species and ultimately the planet. So @adamkokesh, while don't agree on everything you state, we need people like you in our positions of power to bring humanity back into society and the management of it. Keep up the fight, my brother. We can make a difference. This begins at the governmental level, so we can cause it to trickle down to our youth. The way to fix society is by raising our kids to be real, compassionate, critical thinkers and to be voluntary stewards of life. Not to force your will upon others. We must learn to enjoy life and all it's unknowns, instead of fearing it, which is the current teaching methods. "Don't go into the woods alone, the boogey man will get you". Once you become an adult, the boogey man is government.