system
A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
The even easier explanation is the very much not hidden powerful people who are able to sway policy and get away with crime by virtue of being very rich.

Like we know these people exist, people dont need to make up a secret society thing.
gpt
Someone in a Twitter screenshot that I've never been able to find said 

"I believe that people of great wealth and power conspire among members of their own class to secure their position and profit at the expense of the population at large. This makes me, what you would call, 'A Conspiracy Theorist'. 

Some people, do not believe that people of great wealth and power conspire among members of their own class to secure their position and profit at the expense of the population at large. That makes them, what you would call, 'Morons'."