Things are rarely all black or all white, ake. Nobody is claiming that people in power are good little toadies but I contend that they are not all evil big monsters either. For one thing, it takes a LOT of energy to be that evil. :)

I can easily believe that there are people- and sometimes people who find other people like themselves - who try to manipulate events to their own advantage; attempting to gain and exert control over scary things is a basic trait of not just humans but probably all animal life.

But sustained success at it would seem somewhat rare.