Ah gotcha, thanks for clarification. Things can be a conspiracy of common interests (and not even necessarily be bad), whether or not that's what this is, with

Ah gotcha, thanks for clarification. Things can be a conspiracy of common interests (and not even necessarily be bad), whether or not that's what this is, without involving "smoky rooms" (also known as boardrooms; but for fun on that topic, check out full history of NCR, company was nuts).