Yes I believe that you are correct. I hadn't been able to put it into a succinct thought like you have here. I have been trying to contribute as small an amount of current flow to the machine as possible for some years now with varying success. Or at least direct the energy in a direction to do the least harm. The battle continues.It seems like the things we're being encouraged to do for ourselves are related to consumption rather than production. Wonder why that is? Watch "The Matrix," especially the scene with the vast battery farm of human beings sealed in tubes providing energy to service the machines. The consumption-driven society is the machine. We're nothing more than the batteries.