I like your comment of "We've chosen a democratic process, which means that we've chosen in aggregate to be governed by whoever shows up." It's profound for leadership in general, as well as democracy.

I'm with you that there's no Cabal running things. The concept though is that we all have done something wrong, so someone who wants to abuse their power can go after us. The IRS going after political enemies is one example.

Now the source leans libertarian, so it has to be taken in context.