No, this explanation is not satisfactory. There are all sorts of other grifts, much less risky, which folks have been doing for decades. The elites are going all-in, they are committing crimes on an epic proportion, they know they either win and subdue the population of the entire planet, or they're going to be chased around the world.

This is not a gamble that someone does for money. This is a gamble that people do out of altruism, perhaps believing they're saving the world.