Admittedly it's taken me 63+ years, and reading of a blog post by James Altucher, but I have figured it out.
Everything we've ever been taught, or told, our entire belief system, has been designed with one thing in mind, and that is to control our every action. From the ideas of home ownership and raising a family, to the necessity of getting an education. Even the design of our health care system has all been designed for one purpose, and that is to change the way we think, and inevitably control our every action.
There's more.............
It's gone beyond the original control belief system [religion] to now encompass every aspect of our lives, and it has been extremely effective.
Think about it. Why do the powers to be emphasize the notion of buying a home, getting a good job, raising a family, and building roots in a community. It's simple, because once we do, they have us by the "balls" so to speak. We're no longer free to pursue the so called "American Dream". We're inextricably coupled to our homes and families. We can't move, because we've literally built roots.
Even our health care system has been designed with that same purpose in mind. To control us!
I've often wondered why businesses don't object to being burdened with the responsibility of insuring the health care of their employees, rather than having that responsibility dumped on the government. It certainly would increase profits. Or would it?
Under the current system, employees are beholding to their employers. It becomes much more difficult to go out on your own [to pursue that "American Dream"], or even change jobs, because obtaining health insurance on your own is either too expensive, or simply unobtainable should you have a pre-existing or chronic condition. Employers can then simply keep wages down, make you work more hours (AKA increasing productivity), and subtly increase profits.
It's a conspiracy on a grand scale, and the American public has fallen for it, hook line and sinker.