We are definitely in a bit of strange territory. On one hand there is so much blatant corruption that we’ve become numb to it all.
On the other hand the original systemic structure has been gamed so much that they bypass it quite easily (USAID being the recent enforcer for the CIA, despite them being told “you can’t do that”).
At this point - it’s pretty obvious that the people don’t call the shots across the world. A small handful of the ultra rich do and we are subject to their whims.
I long for the days of Jesse Ventura or Ron Paul and their type of corruption exposure. It was within the system not outside of the system.