{"id":201795,"date":"2020-02-02T09:30:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T09:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=201795"},"modified":"2020-02-04T08:19:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T08:19:19","slug":"doug-casey-on-what-the-elites-at-davos-are-really-up-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=201795","title":{"rendered":"Doug Casey on What the Elites at Davos Are Really Up To"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introductory Background \u2013 Feb 1, 2020<\/h1>\n

Interestingly a key talking point at Davos in 2012 was how “migration could be managed”, ostensibly, “for the benefit of all”. Of course the real beneficiaries from mass migration aren\u2019t the host nations, which end up with rising unemployment and welfare budgets. Not to mention rising crime and racial-ethnic tension.<\/h5>\n
Nor do the migrants benefit. The best many of them can hope for is poorly paid menial work, if they are lucky, or they may end up subsisting on welfare handouts or drifting into petty crime.<\/h5>\n
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Migrants wait aboard a partially punctured rubber boat during a rescue operation off the coast of Libya. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

No, the real beneficiaries from mass migration are the sort of powerbrokers who attend the Davos meetings. Like William Lucy Swing<\/span><\/a>, Director of the International Organisation for Migration, who in 2012 argued that migration was the “third wave of globalization<\/a><\/span>” and that it should be properly managed.<\/h5>\n
That’s quite a coincidence. For William Lucy Smith argued his case just before mass-migration from war-torn countries in the Middle East into Europe began in earnest. Did he know that boatloads of migrants would soon be crossing the Mediterranean to escape conflict?<\/h5>\n
That\u2019s a serious question because the conflicts in Syria and Libya, which initially sparked the migrant exodus, were fuelled by the Western powers and their allies in Saudi Arabia the gulf states. Was it an accident that efforts to oust Syria’s President Assad really started to hot up in 2012-2013? Or did Lucy Smith know that some sort of migrant crisis was about to unfold in advance?<\/h5>\n
Meanwhile working hand-in-glove with William Lucy Smith are ‘philanthropists’ like George Soros<\/span><\/a>, who has funded organisations to help migrants enter Europe<\/span><\/a>.<\/h5>\n
Apart from regime change in Libya and Syria, was mass migration into Europe from these conflicts part of the wider game plan? If that is indeed the case, what are the elites planning for next?<\/h5>\n
Here’s Doug Casey’s take.<\/h5>\n

Doug Casey on What the Elites at Davos Are Really Up To<\/h1>\n

Doug Casey \u2013 International Man<\/h2>\n

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International Man<\/strong>: It\u2019s that time of the year when a bunch of out-of-touch, self-anointed elites gather at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s where they discuss the big issues of the day. The most influential world leaders attend, as do the CEOs of the largest companies, leaders in the mainstream media, and top academics. Central bankers attend too, along with a wide assortment of celebrities.<\/span><\/p>\n

What do you make of Davos and the people who attend it?<\/span><\/p>\n

Doug Casey<\/strong>: Davos is an \u201cinvitation only\u201d event for the \u201celite.\u201d The usual suspects, and almost uniformly horrible people. These people form a subculture. They\u2019re all members, or hangers-on, of various Deep States. They prefer to associate with other people they consider to be peers. If it turns out you don\u2019t share their worldview, you won\u2019t get invited back.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s basically a love fest for the international ruling class. They like to get together, hang out, and schmooze, because they all know about each other, even if they don\u2019t know each other personally. Talking about \u201cimportant\u201d issues with other \u201cimportant\u201d people gives meaning to their lives. That\u2019s the essence of what goes on at Davos and similar conclaves.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, I know the conspiracy types say, \u201cThese people have gotten together to conspire against all of us little people.\u201d And some of that undoubtedly happens. That\u2019s nothing new. In The Wealth <\/em>of Nations<\/em>, Adam Smith pointed out that whenever people in the same business get together, they always conspire against the public. Of course. That\u2019s human nature. It\u2019s normal. What do you expect?<\/span><\/p>\n

But it\u2019s not a conspiracy. The fact is that people with the same education, worldview, and economic status tend to think alike. And tend to help one another. It\u2019s not some kind of conspiracy, any more than is a meeting of a local Lion\u2019s Club.<\/span><\/p>\n

A couple of years ago, I was mistakenly invited to attend a similar very elitist and globalist conference event in New York<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. It was made up of exactly the same people who show up at Davos and conferences like it.<\/span><\/p>\n

I found that I didn\u2019t like them. And I strongly suspect they didn\u2019t like me, even though I was on my best behavior. But that\u2019s nothing new. I occasionally get invited to dinner parties in Aspen, with the same kind of people. But usually not more than once. Why might that be? Well, as you know, I say what I think. And that\u2019s usually at odds with what the Masters of the Universe think.<\/span><\/p>\n

International Man<\/strong>: In previous years, we\u2019ve seen the people at Davos promote various themes that later became policy.<\/span><\/p>\n

For example, negative interest rates<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, the abolition of cash, and promoting mass migration were all hot topics at Davos before governments around the world started implementing them.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is going on here?<\/span><\/p>\n

Doug Casey<\/strong>: These people are the self-righteous epitome of the Establishment. They\u2019re absolutely opposed to free minds and free markets. They are, however, in a position to influence the policies of the governments that control much of the world\u2019s economy. And they do. It doesn\u2019t matter how much money and power they have; humans are genetically wired to want more. Now that, in itself, is not a bad thing. In fact, it\u2019s a good thing. It\u2019s responsible for taking humanity from beating on earth with sticks to sending rockets to the other planets.<\/span><\/p>\n

The problem is that these people are not just willing, but anxious, to use coercion\u2014the State\u2014to get what they want. They camouflage their intentions with massive virtue signaling. For some time, they\u2019ve directed their attention to fixing the planet.<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, the bigshots at Davos aren\u2019t going to fix anything, except maybe a few elections. They don\u2019t even understand the problems. But it\u2019s not hard to understand their motives. Everybody, including the African goatherder with flies buzzing around his face, wants to be a bigshot. That\u2019s true even if you only hang out at the local bar or the local Rotary Club. If you\u2019re running with the big dogs, however, you probably want to be a bigshot at Davos.<\/span><\/p>\n

In years past, mass migration was a major subject for them. Not the migration of Europeans to the Americas in the 19th<\/sup> century, however. Those were mobile, aggressive, opportunity-seeking people who wanted to leave stagnant and repressive cultures for personal freedom. They had zero in the way of state support.<\/span><\/p>\n

Very unlike the migrants coming to Europe today, who aren\u2019t being attracted by opportunity so much as welfare benefits and the soft life. They know Western Europe is a massive welfare state that provides free food, housing, medical care, schooling, and living expenses to all comers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s migrants are mostly unskilled, poorly educated, and many have a bad attitude. They\u2014justifiably\u2014hold their new host countries in contempt. The question arises why\u2014since they\u2019re almost all Muslims\u2014they aren\u2019t being welcomed by places like Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, or Brunei, which are wealthy Muslim countries.<\/span><\/p>\n

There was a massive surge of migrants to Europe in 2015. But that was, I believe, just an overture to what\u2019s coming. What we\u2019re talking about here is the migration of millions of people of different languages, different races, different religions, different cultures, and different modes of living. If you\u2019re an alien and you\u2019re 1 out of 100, or 1,000, or even 10,000, you\u2019re a curiosity, an interesting outsider. And you\u2019d have to integrate into the new society. But an influx of millions of migrants can only destroy the old culture. And guarantee antagonism\u2014especially when the locals are forced to pay for it.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s comparable to what happened 1,600 years ago with the migration of the Germanic barbarians into the Roman Empire. But potentially much more serious. The migration policies popular with the Davos crowd are creating minor chaos now, but world-class chaos is in the wings over the next decade. The population of Africa is growing by tens of millions per year while the population of Europe is collapsing. It will be interesting to watch London transform into Lagos North, as Paris starts looking like Kinshasa.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another item that\u2019s always on their agenda is central bank monetary policies. I\u2019ll make a bet that Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is very much in the cards. MMT amounts to the basically unlimited creation of currency units to finance whatever governments want. It\u2019s essentially Keynesianism on steroids. It seems inevitable because all the major governments are actually bankrupt. And the Deep State\u2014Davos types\u2014would far prefer to see things financed with inflation than taxes, because that could take stock markets much higher. And make corporate bailouts much easier.<\/span><\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s Note: There\u2019s no question the elite are eager to promote policies like negative interest rates, the abolition of cash, and mass migration. These trends are in motion, and are accelerating at a rapid rate.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s all shaping up to be a world-class disaster\u2026 one unlike anything we\u2019ve seen before. That\u2019s exactly why New York Times <\/em>bestselling author Doug Casey and his team just released an urgent new repor<\/a>t<\/strong><\/span> with all the information you need to protect yourself. Click here to download the free PDF now<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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