So your operating presupposition is that these power hungry states are all in it together and conspire against us little folk. Maybe if there was a common goal they could reach together that benefited all parties involved who were in the know, but that's quite a stretch.

I believe my point still stands as the most probable conclusion. I shared articles from third partys who were not necessarily friendly with us in this thread somewhere. This isn't a hill I would die on either way, I'm just surprised at the logical gymnastics that have to happen to come to the opposite conclusion when more than speculative evidence is provided.