A Tale of Two Countries

Context:

North Korea warns region is on brink of war

North Korea has at least three political classes:
The Leader & his entourage, all of whom seem to live fairly decent lives: decent food, clothing, housing.

The Army: from all reports, more-or-less well-fed, well-housed.

Everyone else: Escapees report being surprised that dogs in China are better fed than people in North Korea. The vast masses exist only to serve the State. The State keeps 'em alive on barely subsistence wages only to serve.

In the U.S.?

TSA: Some Gov't Officials To Skip Airport Security
TSA: Gov't Officials With Security Details Don't Have To Go Through Airport X-rays, Pat-downs
CBS News, 23 Nov 2010
AP) WASHINGTON (AP) - Cabinet secretaries, top congressional leaders and an exclusive group of senior U.S. officials are exempt from toughened new airport screening procedures when they fly commercially with government-approved federal security details.

Yep - GOVERNMENT officials here in the U.S. are exempted from demeaning TSA procedures.
The rest of us - those of us kept alive barely, on subsistence wages to serve the State - are all assumed to be terrorists!
- Guilty until proven Innocent.

Tho' the Constitution guarantees that "No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States", effective nobility is granted to "senior U.S. officials" by our government! - They're above us, not subject to the daily inconveniences, intrusions, and embarrassments with which the rest of us - the lowly masses - must contend.

... and what happened to:

Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
[emphasis added]