But yes, things are conspiratorial, from a historical process perspective. You yourself pointed this out when you focused on the Exxon-Rosneft deal last March.

Most wealth and power is concentrated in the hands of giant corporations, and big government is used as a tool by these corporations to consolidate wealth and power even further. In a corporatist system, the wealth and power of individuals and small businesses is dwarfed by the overwhelming dominance of the corporations.

Plutocratic, oligarchical, often sovereign-wealth-supported, command-economy capitalism would be a possible hyper polysyllabic term for the types of systems ascendant in the developed and developing world. The middle classes are a buffer for the wealthy elites. The posturing of the poor in the manner of both religious sentiment and class hatred is a peripheral melodrama.

Anarcho-movements like “Occupy” are basically existential postmodern irritation, not serious opposition.