The first rule of surviving the Apocalypse is to realize you are living through one.

“Sometimes, we don’t need to know everything they’re doing”
It truly amazes me that in times when all is slowly revealed, and the trust in governments and authorities is at an all-time low in almost every country on the face of the Earth, we still carry the same preconceived notion that authorities are somewhat superior to us - “the little people” - and they’re allowed to run the world. Even if it means they’ll run it to the ground.