I am anti-conspiracy theories, and anti-notions of some sort of plot for the American government trying to ‘control’ the citizens. No. It is far more complex. You just got politicians lobbying for power, and lobbyists lobbying for more money and influence. The whole system is chaotic. Not only that, but the good thing:

There is no conspiracy.

This means — all the ‘connections’ we see are just randomness, chaos, and chance. There is no face to ‘Big Brother’ nor a face to ‘Uncle Sam’. We Americans — we got the power. “We the people” as Jefferson said; or even inspired by Roger Williams regarding ‘soul freedom’.