The Bus
Think of the planet as a big bus, being driven by the financial and political bosses. Sometimes they fight over who gets to drive, but mainly there are a few who take the wheel while others try to tell them where to go. Trump drove for a while and Putin has been getting lots of time at the wheel lately. The only people on the bus are the people who can support those who drive in one way or another. Other drivers, or other navigators and the support system that keeps the bus going and the drivers driving. We are not on the bus. Us ordinary people? We're the squashed bugs on the windshield, the roadkill left behind. Messy, but unimportant in this context.