> Do you think "the rich" get together once a year, smoke cigars and discuss what policies to convince everyone of in order to keep the poors down because they are idiots who believe the world is a zero-sum-game?

Sort of. No cigars though, just "how can we solve the poors without giving up what we have?" Notice no public policy or tax increases to actually solve the problems.

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna30851839

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/us/politics/republican-do...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/bilderberg-group-me...

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/1/30/18203911/davos-...