That is what the WEF appears to be at a surface level. Politicians like Starmer have unequivocally stated they serve the interests of the WEF over that of their country. These are people who have aligned with globalists against their own citizens.

https://video.nostr.build/42e0e8c68434aa494b5134816f9815af5139cf7e8957275af2f47bc4b5b4e76e.mp4

I think whenever I have these discussions, it is exactly to what you are saying - the balance between ignorant participation and knowingly acting in a certain manner for other reasons. And I agree with you on that mostly - they are largely just people doing things they genuinely believe in. However, bad actors do exist in these positions, too. Well, technically, I would say those people are above governments are not usually in the public light, but some hide out in plain sight. I think both these things are true. 

It is the tactic of compartmentalisation. It is how the policies can be distributed in a way that seems very organic, but hardly ever is.