Tripod

As long as we are trapped in this cycle of reflex reactions, we're not going to make headway against the real power structure of this country, which stands on the tripod of:

military/industrial/petroleum complex

financial sector
government enforcement arm

The reflex reaction to any skepticism of government power is so often: "Oh, you just want the corporations to run wild!"

The reflex reaction to any skepticism of corporate power is so often: "You just want a dominant central government!"

There is a whole growing class of people who view business and government power as a symbiotic Siamese twin entity, and they are not promoting either of the Siamese twins as the antidote for the other.

I think we need to downsize both and promote individual power. Growing one larger to deal with the other and then growing the other larger to deal with the former has not worked. It's a death sentence for individual freedoms.