Congress is accountable. That limits their ability to wield power. They are a minor player and a particularly cowardly one at that. True power is unaccountable and resides with the Polygon: the press, the universities, the judiciary, the Fed and the banks, the “Hill” (congressional staff), the civil service proper, the NGOs and transnationals, the military, the Beltway bandits (defense and other contractors), and corporate holders of official monopolies (such as “intellectual property”).