It’s a modified quote from Hitchhiker’s Guide. I am being a little dramatic with keeping the quote so tight, but in many ways I view it as mostly analogous and true.
The US, as well as most countries just seem to be a few corporations in a trench coat right now. The president or PMs largely do act as a figurehead and just giant distractions from the ineffectiveness/corruption of congress/parliaments and the corruption of corporations running things behind the scenes.