Pointing fingers at who you believe puppets the State is pointless. It accomplishes nothing.
The State, devoid of consent, which violates the natural rights of man, is inherently illegitimate and corrupt from its nascency to its fall.
EVERYONE involved is accessory to the violence of the State. They are ALL traitors to mankind. Attempting to hold only the puppeteers accountable is a miscarriage of justice. Drawing the line there is arbitrary.
If you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back.