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by pphysch 846 days ago
What word do you prefer to describe the class of powerful people who aren't particularly loyal to any nation yet have extensive financial interests in (exploiting) them?
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I don't really feel the need to specify which powerful people that have extensive financial interests in exploiting nations are or are not particularly loyal to one nation in particular, but I guess you could go with "rootless cosmopolitan elites", "smirking merchants", or even just "The Illuminati".

If you're referring to a specific, discrete group of people, you could just name them instead of using a laundry list of questionable adjectives. But that wouldn't imply a global cabal, and so you couldn't oh so subtly and inconspicuously point fingers at an ethnic and religious minority.

Normal humans?
cosmopolitan