[zepto]

In many ways it makes little difference whether the conspirators are lizard aliens, or a cabal of capitalists in a smoke filled room.

[ElevenLathe]

...or a cabal of capitalists who never really meet at all but just "coordinate" via the market, media, armies of accountants and lawyers, etc.

[zepto]

Indeed - if your mind is fixated on that cabal and it leads to hopelessness, it is just the same.