no, it is not hypocrisy. this is the honest aim of government, the reallocation of privileges from the ruled to the ruler. they're not wrong; you're wrong for believing in the lie they indoctrinated you with from childhood, unwittingly abetted by your parents and the other poor crabs in the bucket around you: that the idea that laws serve you by obstructing evil. laws don't obstruct evil; laws obstruct from you the privileges you and everyone else wishes for in their heart of hearts. conversely, that is why the privileged are above the law.
think of it like a battery. only through the forceful segregation of electrons from their rightful place do you achieve a motive force. society is propelled along by the human battery, as we desperately try to chase after dreams denied us.
its just something to make peace with. the best we can do is to negotiate a social contract where we get rewarded enough for pulling the cart along.