Wow. Never knew this existed. I won't lie I had to read it a couple of times. Looks like I have a lot more reading to do.
I was actually linked to this in a comment in one of my posts here from @theblindsquirl who has also commented here in your post.
My post is about the history of the Society of the Cincinnati which formed in 1783. They were/are a military hereditary group made up of, among others, 23 signers of the Constitution. They were accused at the time of being a shadow government.
I shall follow for more of this series and I'll do some read up on Bastiat as well. Thanks for sharing this on Steemit.