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