It's always collectively the people. Like they say, the scum rises to the top. Blaming politicians/govt does does help. Often cumulatively people voluntarily g

It's always collectively the people. Like they say, the scum rises to the top. Blaming politicians/govt does does help. Often cumulatively people voluntarily give away their autonomy to the scums over decades, until a stalemate is reached. The only way out of that stalemate, as some people have pointed out here, a violent revolution, and then the whole cycle is repeated. This is human nature, no degree of hyper analyzing is going to solve the situation in the long run.