Was I at least right about the conspiracy?
I'm not sure, "conspiracy," is the right term.
Read this wiki stub;
en.wikipedia.org
And then read this one;
en.wikipedia.org
Tell me what the difference is, and how legal systems would differentiate the two, when institutional investors and those vehicles and corporations which are used by them, which all of our corporations, banks, financial markets, and the bonds, which undergird all of our cities, towns and institutions, and everyone's savings, educational, & retirement plans, that depend on these entire systems, and are now intertwined in all this, technically, legalized conspiracy/corruption?
What you propose, is attacking the inherent bones, sinews and muscles, of how society is put together, because, yes, the cancer really is that endemic now.
There is no judge, or congressional representative, that is ready to act to untangle this mess, at this point, IMO.
"It Is Difficult to Get a Man to Understand Something When His Salary Depends Upon His Not Understanding It"
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Nothing short of the fall of the Republic, or its replacement with a global government, even more onerous, will solve this, I am afraid. My fear, is that this might make things worse. We can only hope it won't?