Ms. Floozy, your view of the Powers-That-Be in this world seems to agree very closely with Professor Quigley who stated in his book,
"Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time" [pdf]
"[T]he powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. this system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert by secret agreements arrived at in frequent private meetings and conferences. The apex of the system was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basle,Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world's central banks which were themselves private corporations....
"It must not be felt that these heads of the world's chief central banks were themselves substantive powers in world finance. They were not. Rather, they were the technicians and agents of the dominant investment bankers of their own countries, who had raised them up and were perfectly capable of throwing them down. The substantive financial powers of the world were in the hands of these investment bankers (also called 'international' or 'merchant' bankers) who remained largely behind the scenes in their own unincorporated private banks. These formed a system of international cooperation and national dominance which was more private, more powerful, and more secret than that of their agents in the central banks. this dominance of investment bankers was based on their control over the flows of credit and investment funds in their own countries and throughout the world. They could dominate the financial and industrial systems of their own countries by their influence over the flow of current funds though bank loans, the discount rate, and the re-discounting of commercial debts; they could dominate governments by their own control over current government loans and the play of the international exchanges. Almost all of this power was exercised by the personal influence and prestige of men who had demonstrated their ability in the past to bring off successful financial coupes, to keep their word, to remain cool in a crisis, and to share their winning opportunities with their associates."
My view of the world closely matches yours with one addition - new members are allowed into the "club," but only as families. No single person can survive playing at that level of the game without family relationships that go wide and deep with the other players in the game.
The Clinton's wanted desperately to get into that club and were well on their way towards accumulating the power and the wealth needed for entry but unfortunately (for them) they left only Chelsea to back them up *snicker* The Bush family has been on the edge of acceptance for three generations, advancing their power, wealth and connections ever since Prescott Bush, but now they have petered out genetically speaking, leaving only inconsequential offspring behind.
It's a brutal, filthy game. No one with any sense should want to get anywhere near it.