Problem being that any journalist hwo tries to say this or, worse still, investigate and find proof, has a nasty habit of winding up dead. I think 6 died in suspicious circumstances during 2008. keep to the Fen Causeway
My body is "successful" but definitely NOT a democracy. My brain, i.e. the "government", runs the show absolutely, gets the best (glucose) of everything, is protected absolutely (blood/brain barrier, immune system tracking down foreign invaders or those pesky freedom fighters (cancers)), and frequently screws up under the influence of alcohol (self-induced) but gets away with it. Again, a biologically successful system. Like it or not our world society might be heading in that direction, and the only thing in its way may be extinction. In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
Like the President of Your United States, consciousness knows only a very small amount of what is going on in 'government' because at each stage up the chain from field to White House, people are collecting, collating, analyzing, filtering, discarding and passing up data in the form of recommendations for action. The President may get two recommendations: it's not hard to be 50% right. That's why clowns can be Presidents. They are not really needed - except to accept and convey the decision to 'non-government'.
President of the State of Mind: "I've decided to have a cup of tea."
<mumbling in the audience> Well of course you have you prannie, we've been telling you that for 10 minutes. You can't be me, I'm taken