Emmanuel Macron faced protesters across France during the weekend, in a country where he has been dubbed The President of the Rich. What interests me is that title. The President of the Rich. Are not all governments, the governments of the rich? Isn’t that why we have the 99% for, as the rich get richer, the poor get poorer? The bottom-line is that it is all about power, and the rich have access to power.

Emmanuel Marcon himself is a former investment banker and, like many other world leaders, has a privileged background. In fact, it does seem that many government offices are filled by people who went to expensive schools and then had careers in banking, law and other high office. They have little in common with the common people but know how to work the systems of power. That’s how they get into power.

This is a trait that seems pretty consistent worldwide, and so has to be a common ground for all humanity. Those who have power get more power, whilst those who do not get less. The rich get richer whilst the poor get poorer.

It is the reason why most politicians have little in common with the common people. It is the reason why many thought Brexit would not happen, as everyone wants to be European. It is the reason why everyone thought Trump would lose, as everyone wants a first female President. It is also the reason why banking is connected, hand-in-hand, with government.

Those libertarians who believe they can create a system without government are deluded, as the whole point of government is to centralize power. If you try to decentralize power, you lose control. The system does not work. There has to be a central force that controls everything to create stability and structure. There has to be a central force to create rules and regulations that maintains that control.

It is a flaw of humanity that the powerful get more powerful whilst the rest of us get screwed, but it is a part of our DNA. We need control. We need stability. We need structure.