No particular event, just an observation.
The power brokers manipulate or pull the strings of the politicians and they in-turn keep the general population down and subservient.
The power brokers retain a highly uneducated and easily manipulated population and in return the politicians are allowed to steal with impunity.
I don't know about you, but the system appears to be pretty polished
Back to my original question. Who are the real fools here?