"Its a big club, and you ain't in it"
We do not have any actual control of govern-cement.
And now, The US is a private corporation. Owned by them.
In reality, they are above the law.
Just like microsloth security would never throw out Billy Gates.
The thing we can use to our advantage is that they are spending a lot of money and time keeping up appearances. It takes a lot to keep those people bought and paid for.
Like, if everyone challenged their traffic tickets, the police would be forced to stop issuing them. It all depends on everyone just freely sending in their money.
What our system is missing is something where the vote actually counts.
Like, along with our 1040, we should also have a paper where we assign where our tax dollars go. If any bureau doesn't get a certain level of funding, it is closed immediately.
Or, have a NO vote. Here is evil candidate A and evil candidate B. I should be able to vote NO.
And laws should be passed with a 90% vote.
If 90% of the people are not on-board with a law, it isn't really a law.
RE: Is conflict of interest even considered these days?