>I sure don't know what our purpose is
Know the past, anticipate the future, act in the present is a general principle to go by. When there's a long standing conspiracy consistent patterns will emerge, because complacency would set in after prolonged success of their operations. Also there's one vital thing to keep in mind that highlights their future ambitions: Data is the new oil, AI is the new gold rush. This means that most future strategies and policies will be massively focused towards the tech sector and intelligence agencies (much, much more than it is currently). After all it makes sense they would want to secure all information as an ultimate commodity in the future.