It's the INSTITUTIONS not the POLITICIANS who hold the power

[Panaconda]

Once you understand the difference between the state and government you can understand how it is that policies carry forth for years and years. The state is the permanent collection of institutions that have entrenched power structures and interests. The government is made up of various politicians, politicians who in most cases have proven their allegiance to these vested interests.

It is the institutions of the state that hold the real power due to their permanence, not the representatives who come and go. These institutions consolidate their power even as the politicians come and go.

[Bonhomme Richard]

1. Face planted in hands.

So it's the government bureaucrats that are the real problem and not the monied interest or the politicians that collect money from them?
Face planted in hands again.

[Panaconda]

2. You got it

backwards.

Pull your hands out of your face and re-read. It's the monied interests, it's called capitalism.