I recently re-watched all episodes of Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister. The show feels tantalizingly close to the truth about how the world works, and it offers a brief glimpse at the puppet masters. Much (if not all) can be explained if interpreted in the context of garnering votes (politicians) and maintaining power (politicians, bureaucracy, corporations) -- with multiple factions within these power structures vying for larger and larger portions of the pie (ad nauseam). They're all uniformly nefarious, but what's scarier long-term is that they are predominantly dumb and greedy creatures (the mountain of evidence just keeps piling up). They aren't the least bit concerned about the very distinct possibility that the entire planet could go down in flames, as we hurtle unaware towards our inevitable Götterdämmerung.
The Trilateral Commission may have tried to establish a New World Order (hell, giving them the benefit of doubt, there is a minute possibility that they may even have had our best interests at heart, in their own twisted way), but all we got was Full Spectrum Disorder. The Military-Industrial complex must surely be completely psychotic;only that can explain the production of cluster bombs and other assorted weapons that the military beast mercilessly wields in order to subjugate, maim, or murder the unfortunates.
The rabble is just expected to watch the show in awe -- vote and sacrifice when called upon to do so.
