Because it would be frightening for the general populace that it is the fancy faces they see on tv; the ones they vote for, dress up like, and buy EVERYTHING they need to "live".

  Wasn't "King George" used as an excuse by the very same people who wanted to control things much in the same fashion as, well - King George?

From looking at the polls, and especially from talking to people, the problem doesn't seem to be that people need to be "awakened" the extent of business influence on society. Take a look at the Gallup poll results from this January, for instance: "Americans Anti-Big Business, Big Gov't". It reports that nearly 70% of Americans are "dissatisfied" with the "size and power" of the government, and 64% feel the same way about corporations. And the level of anger is growing, as dissatisfaction with both government and business was closer to 50% in 2001.

That's pretty incredible, considering the extent to which business and government control (or attempt to control) public discourse and media, education, work life, home life--nearly every aspect of our lives, really. Anyway, there are two points to be made here: one, that people already do know the extent to which the government and business control our lives; and two, that it's very difficult to "put a face" to the enemy, because even if you do name names, it doesn't matter.

Yes, a small handful of elites "run the global show" (or more accurately, "own the world"), but they are able to do it not simply because they have the power to do so, but because they have the power and because there are corresponding systems and institutions in place that allow elites to gain, maintain, and exercise that power. So even if you identify the "cabal", it doesn't matter. It's near impossible to get rid of them, however you're thinking of doing that, and even if you did, more would just pop up to take their place because the same institutions are still there.

So it's corporations that matter. It's markets that matter. It's profit and private property that matters. It's authoritarian workplaces that deny workers dignity and the ability to make decisions about their own lives that matter. It's a legal system that backs it all up and legitimizes it that matters. It's for-profit media and schools that confine and narrow facts and ideas to shape people into cogs rather than free, creative individuals that matters.

Which means that the solution is, in part, proposing and building good alternatives to these bad institutions--and simultaneously trying to re-shape current bad institutions into better good ones, until you hit a point where they can't be bettered any more, proving new ones are needed. And education about all of the above is important, too, hopefully done in ways that shuck away all the bad features of the institutions we don't like and replace them with features of good institutions that we do like.