I was going to mod you up, but you're already at 5...
So, I have to say your post made my day!
That's some funny shit bro.

Most CEO's and Executive Level types are sociopaths.

Actually, I refer to that as flibbidy-flabbidy-floop

Perhaps you should look at the regressive taxes imposed upon the Middle/Working classes. Things like sales taxes, etc; The percentage of income going to taxes for those groups is much higher than for the top 10% of income earners.

You need to take a break from Fox News.

Wow, maybe if you had been paying attention, you would understand that the reason government is "breaking down" is because of unchecked corporate power. It is in the best interest of multinational corporations to "break down" any barriers in their way to profits at all cost, regardless of human or environmental well being.

Good Lord Sir, you have spoken the truth.

What's the next clue?

Really? Wow, you had to do a study to "prove" what any dingbat(including myself) has known for years, using that rarefied skill called "Common Sense".

Analysts say do they?
Well, if I were an analyst whose livelihood depended on implementing and supporting ESN, I would say so to.

Right, those that have sex with a partner and those that don't.

There is a system, usually reliable, whereby I can call on my friends, neighbors and relatives to do my watering when I'm out of town.
Usually works pretty good if I give them a quick primer.

I hope that Garden Gnome costume isn't too tight around the waist!

Most of my property is xeriscaped.

The rest is planter boxes with vegetables.
I manually, by hand, water my drought tolerant plants maybe twice a week.
I manually, by hand, water my planter box vegetables, herbs, fruit, etc usually daily.

What I have to water isn't huge, but it takes a while.
I actually enjoy watering. I get to see my plants, check how they are doing, etc;
I actually check the soil and how moist it is, see what bugs there are/aren't, the status of my garden in general as I water.

Maybe I'm odd but I actually like doing it.

I would assume if someone had a massive garden/yard then doing some kind of app based control of multiple drip systems, etc would be the way to go, but for me I would rather Keep It Simple Stupid. Plus I don't have to dick around with all of the management that comes with drip systems, sprinklers(nightmare), apps, phone settings, blah, blah, blah.

For me the garden is a way to get away from tech for a while.

Don't hold your breath....

I've tried to have a reasonable discussion on this topic with many people who are of the mindset you describe.
It always devolves into a "think of the children" tack, where people that are ok with omnipresent monitoring argue that we can't have a safe society unless everything is tracked, which of course is utter bullshit.

I started using cash for most of my "discretionary" purchases lately.
Things like grocery shopping, clothing, Home Depot, going to the bar, etc...

I initially started doing it because of how porous and UN-trustworthy the whole paradigm of card transactions is.

This article hits home on how using cash helps me in another way, being that my purchases can't be tracked.

You know it really is interesting seeing how (for lack of a better phrase) Orwellian the whole system is getting.
Interesting, as in Hindenburg appointing Hitler Chancellor in 1933...