We are responsible insofar as we do not examine history, and insofar as we acquiesce. These methods you speak of are far from secret. Dwight Eisenhower’s last gift to America was to warn about the Military-Industrial complex. He wanted, in that speech, to call it the Congressional-Military-Industrial complex but was dissuaded from doing so. Of course, he was right the first time. If you continue to believe that it “matters” who our elected leaders are, or fail to realize that they don’t become “leaders” without assistance, permission and cooptation, to that extent you have not examined the facts. The old Watergate adage, “Follow the Money” can be most instructive here. Obama, for example, is owned by the Chicago Board of Trade, which has essentially securitized agriculture. Do you suppose, in this new flurry of market regulation, Obama will allow the regulation of commodities futures? Watch and see, and you will know who is, at least partially, in charge. The entire operation is geared to encourage people to vote against their own interests in favor of the interests of the Power Elite. Why do you suppose we will have no single-payer health care system in America? Hint: it is not because it wouldn’t be superior to and less expensive than what we have in place now. (Blue Dogs are called “dogs” because they roll over for Big Pharma and Big Medical.)