Just seems like unwarranted cynicism.

> I don’t believe that they are truly concerned about much beyond their own self interests.

They believe it's real and they MUST be the ones to control it. That's how they keep their self-interests aligned.

Fun fact: 'they' are human beings too and some of their interests do allign with yours. They have kids too and might want them to have a proper future, they don't want to fall I'll to cancer either etc