Help Me Understand

I am the proverbial pain in the neck guy, always wanting to know why. This is considered a bad trait to those in control, who hate to be questioned! But, I am happy to be the way I am. It is those commands, that do not make sense, that make me question the logic of the command giver. Does adhering to wishes of the controllers make us intelligent? Is that behavior required of us to accomplish a higher status in life?
Taking a look at the politics of our government, how frustrated we can become. How is it a small select group of "thinkers, also known as the rich", know what is better for our lives? How can these people be so pompous as to believe they should tell us, the population what to do and how to do it?
Who are the financiers to the super rich? Who is so rich, that they loan money to the Arab oil states? It is hard to fathom such incredible wealth. Are these the same family's that loaned money to both warring factions in WW ll?
Who controls the state and city governments. Who controls all the local banks? Who actually controls the ACLU? How does a nutcase group get all their money? Who finances PETA, Greenpeace, the KKK, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton? The list is endless.
I suppose, that very few of my questions will be ever answered, at least, while I am in this skin.