1st rate humans pursue freedom and self-development. 2nd rate humans pursue power and control. The "elites" or whatever you want to call than are not smarter than you or more efficient than you. They simply have better funding and better networking. Lots of conspiracy nuts stupidly belive in grand conspiracies that control the fate of the world. That doesn't exist. It's a game of influence with multiple parties trying to take control. It best describes as a mafia. The reality of the world is much closer to Godfather movies and The Fountainhead/Atlas Shrugged behind the curtains.

What these inefficient mafias see is BTC leading the way and all alt-coins being tied to BTC like waves reacting to the moon. Instead of building something better than BTC and competing (like Dash did) or just creating a different kind of crypto like XRP, they try to take over BTC via controlling funding and propping up their useful mutts.

Also read:
https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@primeer/why-ripple-token-xrp-is-terribly-overvalued
https://www.internationalman.com/articles/doug-caseys-two-days-with-the-real-and-wannabee-elite/
https://www.internationalman.com/articles/doug-casey-on-the-self-identified-elite/