How it Works
"Rowan Gaither was at that time president of the Ford Foundation.
Mr. Gaither had sent for me when I found it convenient to be in New York, asked me to call upon him at his office, which I did, and on arrival after a few amenities, Mr. Gaither said: “Mr. Dodd, we've asked you to come up here today because we thought that possibly, off the record, you would tell us why the Congress is interested in the activities of the foundations such as ourselves.”
Before I could think of how I would reply to that statement, Mr. Gaither then went on and said: “Mr. Dodd, all of us who have a hand in the making of policies here have had experience operating under directives, the substance of which is that we shall use our grant-making power so to alter life in the United States that it can be comfortably merged with the Soviet Union.”
-- Norman Dodd, Staff director of the Congressional Special Committee to Investigate Tax-exempt Foundations, sometimes referred to as the "Reece Committee"
If this explanation seems rather vague to you, I can only suggest that you contemplate it further.
You must digest it for yourself.
Perhaps this, from the Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, will help: "The development of contemporary systems of interest representation undoubtedly is linked with the increase of the number of functions performed by the state and its intervention in public life, leading to an institutionalization of the representation of interests and of conflicts of interests."