40 years ago I assumed that the people in charge cared about me and were trying to help me by building and maintaining a just society. But I gradually came to the conclusion that the people in charge are often greedy pigs who are abusing their position of power in order to make themselves rich and they not only don't care about me, they might actually hate me since I might get in the way of their power grab. This view might paint with too broad of a brush, but it isn't hard to find examples that prove the point. In fact, I think you can find examples of it on a daily basis by just scanning the media.