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 Certainly you have insights and perspectives that most people will never have access to.

How far down the rabbit hole have you gone, if at all, Jack?

"They" will depend on the context. Surely you understand compartmentalisation, the need-to-know basis on which many institutions operate on. 

Most people, even in certain positions, are not 'they' - they are simply a part of a larger system of which they do not understand the workings of, because it is not in their job description or interest. It is the way many of the larger systems are designed. Not necessarily maliciously.

So again, it depends on the context. We can name names, but the idea that everything is above board and nothing goes on behind closed doors, made by the decisions of a few, is ignorance.

You may have been 'they' as some point, in a certain context. You may not even have been aware that you were part of it.

My question is, where do all the trillions of missing dollars go?