Like the way a moth is attracted to the flame, the control-freak or financial-junky is attracted to the hierarchy.

The Regulation Trap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BBeHcstqF7k

It is easier to take control of a hierarchy, because you only have to take control of the top of the pyramid. When the decision making process is funneled down, instead of decentralized, your daily non-thinker is just following orders blindly. There is no opposition.

The government becomes your daddy, making the rules for you, while it becomes infested with parasites, that turn it into a weapon, to be used against you, for their personal benefit.

Personal responsibility requires giving your attention to whatever problem you have, instead of relying on someone else to fix it. You have to analyze it. Learn about it.