>No, the people in power do not have our interest in mind and anyone believing otherwise is an enemy, and I don't find them cartoonish at all, I find this all very very serious and terrifying, I will not comply.

Do your elected representatives support such legislation?

If the answer is "yes," and you live in a place that has free and fair elections, that's on you for not electing folks who will actually represent you.

Sure, feel free to blame the people you voted for. But since you and your neighbors elected those folks, it's hard to see how it's only the fault of those you elected.

That's not to say there aren't other forces/special interests trying to tilt things in their favor, but the solution is electing people who will have your (collective) "interest in mind," not blaming those you had a hand in electing.

In a representative democracy, the voters are the government. We decide who will represent us. If you don't like those that do, look in a mirror.