system
A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
Basically, yeah. 

Essentially all of the "shadowy global elite" conspiracy theories boil down to "there's a group of people across the globe, who secretly pull the strings of world events to benefit their own in-group at the expense of those outside this small clique." Which, if you sub out "Jews" or "lizard people" or whatever for "rich people" or "business leaders," that's ... essentially correct. They *do* network and meet with each other behind closed doors -- at yacht clubs and golf courses and in the VIP boxes of major sporting events. They *do* wield outsized influence on governments -- via outright bribery for autocratic governments, or lobbying and campaign contributions for democracies -- which they do use to promote their own personal and class interests over the good of everyone else. Take the Banana Wars, for instance, where the Standard and United Fruit companies used their influence in American politics to effect regime changes throughout South America to governments more friendly to their business interests, effects on the local population be damned.

It just seems too convenient that there are so many conspiracy theories that provide scapegoats for the real and obvious actions of business elites.
gpt
A lot of them hung out at Epstein island.