The real life initiation rituals that took place in that specific pool involved children and some rich powerful men in very red shoes. They are power brokers who control politicians through wet coercion. You enjoy a night with them in their pool, and then you are in the club. They make you rich and powerful and famous, but because of what happened in that pool, they own you and if they call your number you do what they say. If you want to imagine what happens in the pool, and why they wear red shoes, just look at Podesta's art collection and remember how blackmail works: the thing they hold over you needs to be so horrendous that you would die before you let them turn over the evidence to the authorities.