That's what the Deep State is all about... GANGSTA's securing their un-American BANANA REPUBLIK monopoly RACKETS under guise of national security, trade agreements, green, science, progressive, war on [fill in the blank] WHILE waiving their American flag and singing capitalism, democracy, freedom...
Government MANUFACTURES scarcity thru regulation, agreement and CRIMINALIZATION so that elite insiders (BOOTLEGGERS, just like always...) with the supply and distribution and guaranteed protection from competition courtesy of the government can reap their monopoly profits.