The unbridgeable divide between govt and people

The govt on its part, believing that they are the brightest and
cleverest human beans in the island, could do as they like while the
people, the daft Sinkies, would blindly go along, unable to think and
would simply accept whatever the govt decided for them without
protesting. It is extreme arrogance of the highest order to even think
it out loud that it is alright to act like deaf frogs