by Larry Taunton at the Federalist
The World Economic Forum has become a globalist deep state with tentacles reaching the highest levels of government throughout the West.
Iwrite to you from snowcapped Switzerland. Every January, I make the trek for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) high in the Alps at Davos, where pretentious billionaires, the politicians they own, and WEF groupies gather to celebrate themselves in what I imagine the Oscars might have been like if the Nazis had hosted them at the Eagle’s Nest in Berchtesgaden:
“And zee vinner for zee most forced vaxi-nashuns goes to…”
[sound of envelope tearing]
[rapturous applause]
“In zee category of zee best costume, zee vinner is Rachel ‘Dick’ Levine…”
[more applause]
Until last year, German engineer Klaus Martin Schwab presided over this coven of globalists as the WEF’s (Pro tip: insiders say “wefff”) founder, sole chairman, and master of ceremonies. This was his annual moment to shine, and shine his bald head did, reflecting the smug self-satisfaction of Ernst Stavro Blofeld. But it seems even Bond villains are answerable to somebody, and Schwab’s bosses increasingly saw the octogenarian’s schtick as a bit of an embarrassment. So, a few “hostile workplace environment” and “improper use of an ATM” accusations later, and Schwab’s 55-year reign was kaput. This coup d’état was as efficient as Trump’s midnight invasion of Venezuela to topple a lesser dictator.
Who replaced him?
As if playing to the WEF stereotype, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, manager of some $14 trillion in assets, and André Hoffman, vice-chairman of Roche Holding AG, the largest family-owned pharmaceutical company in the world, emerged as WEF co-chairmen in the aftermath of Schwab’s demise.
But for all the pretensions of this snowy United Nations knock-off…
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