The WEF conspiracy stuff is legitimate (there is plenty of tape of WEF proponents, especially Schwab, straight up bragging about having high-ranking politicians as puppets) but it is critical to recognize that, as with any organization, there are multiple layers, and that interlopers or those simply on the periphery aren't necessarily involved or wise to the machinations.

Council of Foreign Relations is comparable in some regards, granted the one-off events and basic members aren't serious power-brokers and they certainly aren't geopolitical chess masters, which is not to say that at the heart of it there aren't or that the CFR doesn't have a cabal at its core.

The WEF serves to drive alignment amongst the world's technocrats; to ensure synchronicity on initiatives that demand universality and to advance centralization where desired.