I do believe that very rich people circumvent international law collectively, having seen it with my own eyes. I do believe that they naturally move towards feudalistic society, with themselves at the top, a layer of enforcers, and the 98% population of peasants. I believe inheritors convince themselves they are from "superior" bloodlines, or families, or clans. This is much more common in history than the somewhat representative governments we have in the G20.
I believe the means used to gather and increase power can seem to those on the bottom of the pyramid like a "secret society" or a cabal. In fact, the ultra-rich have no real need to operate in this manner. They have all the power they need without it. Perhaps they play at it, like the back room exclusive societies, but in reality, the slow creep of the elite is a constant of civilization.
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