One issue commonly a subject to confusion is the position of government and politicians within the class struggle.

Workers may apply pressure to the state to achieve concessions, but we cannot expect the state to protect us.

The state protects capital, and capital utilizes the state to repress workers.

Powerful politicians generally have owned capital since before entering office, and the barriers are quite severe against entry into office without owning capital. Controls against manipulation and collusion are impossible to enforce, and anyway, resources and willingness overall for their enforcement are quite minimal

Politicians and capitalists are both facets of the ruling class.

Neither is a friend of workers. The only friends of workers are other workers.