My apologies for the late reply, I lost track of this thread and just discovered the link "Show new replies to your posts" at the top.
In a way, I was actually talking about both. If the people I have discussed these types of things with are any indication, the majority of people just don't want to take responsibility for their lives as it is easier to be taken by a sweet lie than to deal with the truth. As for voting, I'm not sure that works any more when the only choices you are given are curry with shit in it, or shit with curry in it.
As for dealing with powerful insiders, or in my case even people who know how to work a broke system, you would be surprised how much your quality of life can be damaged because they were the wrong person to tell what they could go do with their self. That's exactly what got me interested in state-free money.
No worries!
I believe a lot of your issue with responsibility is par for the course for imperial decline. Over the decades, the system has 'bribed' various constituencies, including most of the Western electorate, into accepting it. One of the major type of bribes is unearned wealth, in the form of generous safety nets, good jobs from economic and financial distortions, etc. In a sense, these people believe in sweet lies because they actually lived them for a while. Eventually, of course, all the chickens come home to roost (and they tend all to come at the same time!)
We are very close to, if not already at, such a time. The financial deception at the heart of the system has forced the elites to accept Chinese currency manipulation over the last two decades in order to effect the needed artificial support for Western-issued money and other assets. This has basically emptied out good Western middle class jobs and is the cause of the rise of political extremism as well as financial instability.
I am sorry, but I can't seem to understand your comment about powerful insiders.