I agree, it seems that their self-interest may not always be the most enlightened, but I think enemy is inaccurate.
It's very lateral, but this article may give some ideas for how we can think about governance:
http://ijsaf.org/archive/15/3/bock_etal.pdf
I don't see how their relationship with the community can be worse than detached detachment, and this falls far short of enmity. It feels more like concerned detachment to me.