In a society governed through secrets, we can never know what the sovereign is really doing in our name. This is the case with the USA today - it is not truly an open society, but one of layers .. and those with the 'special privilege' of having security clearances are desperate to maintain that socially high-class standing among themselves, so they wrap more and more secret agency around the issue so that the general public can never know, truly, what their sovereign is doing.

This allows immense corruption and profiteering. However, its not all just "ma' capitalism" - there are very strong indicators that a socialist superstate is being constructed within this society, which is parasitically feeding on the corpse of America today. Many consider the US military industrial complex the largest socialist organization that ever existed - it certainly crosses a lot of the boxes.