The 'higher level' is those who control the money supply, the bankers, the Saudis and Qataris and of course the Chinese. We are not talking about some sort of elaborate plot, just the very, very rich manipulating the world for their own benefit.
I know you do not see it like that but I do, I actually can't 'unsee' it. It goes back a very long time but really came to the fore with Eisenhower and his warnings to America about the 'military industrial complex' but is now far larger and all encompassing.
In general terms, as long as I am left alone to lead my life I don't much care, until the last year or so when it has rather grabbed my attention.