Secret Cabals

I got one of those forwarded Internet notes warning me about some secret cabal that really runs the world. My opinion on secret cabals that really run the world has always been, wouldn't they do a better job of it? And if there really IS a secret cabal running the world and they're doing such a rotten job of it, wouldn't a more competent secret cabal come along and usurp them? Nah, it's simpler than that. It always is. The world is nuts, it's run by idiots and no one knows what he's doing.