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So if these are not the string-pullers and masters of the universe that the media loudly proclaims them to be, who are the string-pullers? The question is bound to provoke much meaningless debate and speculation about who is at the top of the pyramid…
by James Corbett
The International Forecaster
We are told by the well-coiffed liars of the mainstream media that the world’s “elite” have descended on Davos, Switzerland for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum where the rich and powerful hobnob over hot cocoa as they find better ways to swindle the public, wreak havoc and ride out the coming financial crisis. As usual, though, the talking heads are not just wrong; they’re doubly wrong.
[...] First, the word “elite” when applied to the psychopaths who have risen to the top of our current economic dungheap is a blatant misnomer. “Unconvicted criminals” is, for the most part, a more apt description.
And second, the gaggle of glitterati, hangers-on and nouveau riche that hog the headlines at Davos can hardly be considered the “elite” even in the sense that the MSM liars mean it. Oh sure, there are some attendees with some genuine clout in the world of business and finance (BP’s Bob Dudley, GM’s Mary Barra, John McFarlane of Barclays, Stuart Gulliver of HSBC, Paul Polman from Unilever, etc.) and some political puppets who have been sElected to enact their agendas in government (Trudeau, Biden, Kerry, Netanyahu, Tsipras).
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