> Three in five Americans favor stronger oversight

> by any government which is looking to manufacture consent among its population.

With all due respect, the consent has already been manufactured. We already enforce rules with far less public support.

The most simple explanation is that you and the public don't share the same political goals and you're in the minority. That doesn't mean that they're right and you're wrong. It means that the tension that you're attempting to illustrate doesn't broadly exist.