something that always bugs me

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I must ask some final questions (this has been bugging me):

If the the individuals with "higher mentalities" are so infuential, why don't they go through proper channels and have the rules changed to their way of thinking?

Could it be that they thirst for power they can't achieve legitimately, so they undermine the system by setting up a clique that cloaks itself in legitmacy? They say, it's for a "better" game, by "enlightened" officials. Then the ones who follow them feel special because they are "enlightened" also.

I wonder.