Very few of those who would use a pathetic excuse like "don't blame me blame the privileges inherent to the towering position of authoritarian power I have battled to attain" would be comfortable with the obvious rejoinder: let's get rid of that towering position of authoritarian power. So, it's difficult to take that excuse seriously, whether it comes from a CEO or LEO or whatever.

The forces shaping the society we live in are much deeper and more pervasive than 3 letter agencies and big corporations, bad as they may sometimes be.

This is also my line of thinking but would love to read more about your perspective.

Would you be willing to elaborate on "the forces" you think shape our society?

just Google "Hegel ideology"