Due - agreed. However, it wasn't just obtuseness that I diverted from the tried and true 'follow the money' concept.
The problem is that with the PE - who control money supply - and can destroy it at will - following the money is not enough. The 'money' trails are so Gordian ... and so hidden, that it is essentially a dead end.
Yes - the PE have vast 'money' ... but the CONTROL that they have over assets is much greater.
We're both on the same page - just got there by different directions.
That was half of it. The other half is the fact that ENERGY is the basis of all the 'wealth' today - and whoever(pl.) owns/controls the most - controls the world. Without abundant energy - the world economies collapse - and 'mega-governments' become redundant.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good ...