newzea7,
Exactly right.
I hope I'm not exaggerating when I say that's the way of elitist power everywhere today.
Whenever there's an uprising against the establishment the establishment doubles down on the oppression.
Sometimes even worse, the establishment will cripple someone, give him a wheel chair, and demand to be thanked for how generous they are.
Or they will cripple someone (The Castro Cuban Revolution) and then say, you're a dysfunctional piece of trash threatening our way of life. Be converted or die (Reminds me of Islamic radicals).