It's not even respect. They've just realized it doesn't matter if they admit it. We have no choice and our governments have made it abundantly clear who they're here for now. There was a time when it was less entrenched and they had to keep up appearances, and then a longer time when they probably didn't have to lie but did it out of habit.

We're basically back to robber barons now, they're just feeling out the landscape to see what else they can claw away.