“Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression.”

The opposite is also accurate. At current, there is power in ignorance (conflicting dogmas - all antithetical to truth), which is beyond danger, it is a great oppressor.

Mike, the path remains the same now as it has been since the beginning. Each generation wakes up and takes the reins -- or they don't. Seems to me that this is the purpose of this world. ;-)