> Education worked to an extent; most will not devolve into dumb fucks.

Your inequality symbols are backwards.

There are not fewer than 1 million cops in the US there are more than 1 million.

There are indeed fewer than 700,000 politicians but I'm going to assume you meant to say "more than 700k". The majority of those persons are local representatives who have little authority beyond determining what days trash collection occurs and whether a specific plot of land can be zoned residential, commercial, or industrial.

Remember, the alligator always wants to eat the larger number.