Why yes indeed, that grotesque lumpy thing on a leash is my sense of humour; thank you for noticing.
As far as conspiracies ruling the world; nah, I don't buy it. There are predispositions within systems, but that does not a conspiracy make.
Take corporations, for example: Ben Franklin warned that without a "term limit" for corporations, their very immortality would make them an unstoppable force, that monopolies would form and that investors, countries and consumers would all suffer.
Predisposition, not conspiracy.
Predisposition vastly improves the success of conspiracy Pangloss
Pangloss
Predisposition vastly improves the success of conspiracy Pangloss, that's why predisposition or loopholes are serched out and eliminated. In the case of 9/11 and the present Wall St crisis those loopholes were enhanced. The BIS in Basel rules the western world Pangloss, check it out, big money ain't got no soul.