>>1386804The elites' willingness to play by the rules imposed on governments relies solely on their calculation that the cost of violating them (social upheaval, rebellion, riots, whatever) are greater than the losses caused by obeying them. The more pacified and distracted society grows, the smaller the penalties for violating the rules become.
Worst case, they can work through corporations - which are largely unbound by civil liberties protections - to achieve their ends instead of government. This happens more in America than Europe, where civil liberties protections are weak and the establishment mostly still has a stranglehold on governmental power.
