I think it's more productive to think in terms of 'owners of public enterprise', rather than elites

There's a theatrical push-pull negotiation narrative that's replayed to us, but do you honestly feel that government could push back strongly on _any issue_ it deemed necessary to?

Public enterprise is so firmly embedded in every corner of Government.

Everything in life involves compromise.

Authority requires the possibility of edict above compromise; which in my mind is no longer possible.