Sure, a lot of people in government would also think that way. But there are also many very smart people behind the scenes who are using well-meaning but not-so

Sure, a lot of people in government would also think that way. But there are also many very smart people behind the scenes who are using well-meaning but not-so-smart politicians for their own intelligent agendas. To suggest that armies of highly paid corporate executives are just a bunch of idiots who sit on board meetings and don't deliver any value back to their companies through political manipulation is not credible. We know that they fund think tanks and that they hire politicians after their term finishes - This is not some conspiracy theory, this is a fact. All the incentives are perfectly aligned towards that end. Besides, I don't see how stupidity and evil are mutually exclusive. Historically, they seem to always go hand in hand.