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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, naturally, isn't attending this year, and his likely successor Christine Lagarde is in China, but the Bilderberg Conference which kicks off in the Swiss resort of St. Moritz on Thursday retains its conspiratorial chic and pulling power.
The attendee list of Bilderberg is still pretty much the only thing that is not a closely guarded secret, as 120 of the world's richest and most powerful people meet behind closed doors, this time at the Suvretta Hous
Originally posted by Mdv2
Perhaps the Bilderberg Organization is hyped too much in places like ATS. I can't believe that if they truly discuss utterly evil plans that no one has ever blown the whistle. Not a single person...
Originally posted by woodwardjnr
It depends what you class as evil, the Idea of a European Union was quite a noble one considering the centuries of war that ravaged the continent, but now look at it, we now have a centralisation of power with less democracy for its citizens.
Originally posted by RedGolem
In my opinion, if the Bilderberg group is not discussing evil plans to take over the world, or how ever you want to phrase it, why not just let some reporters in to record everything that happens and report on it?
This is the bit about Bilderberg that I really don't get. It's an old chestnut, but let's just take another bite at it. Let's just say, for the sake of argument, that Bilderberg benefits us all. The citizens of the world are made safer, or happier, or healthier, or better off as a result of this meeting. Let's just say that the head of Deutsche Bank spends four days with the head of BP in order to improve our lives.
Let's suppose, shall we, that the amiable hosts – David Rockefeller, Henry Kissinger, and the Queen of the Netherlands – have the interests of the general public written in big red letters at the top of their conference agenda.
Suppose all that. Then why the fence? Why do delegates fling themselves across the back seats of their limousines rather than be seen attending this helpful gathering? Why the blacked-out windows and the newspapers held in front of their faces? And why the big white fence? I don't get it.
Originally posted by Mdv2
Perhaps the Bilderberg Organization is hyped too much in places like ATS. I can't believe that if they truly discuss utterly evil plans that no one has ever blown the whistle. Not a single person...
"It's a meeting. It's not an organization. It's not an official summit," he told CNBC.com. "It's basically a meeting of friends.
The first Bilderberg meeting in 1954 was an attempt to stamp out post-war anti-Americanism in Europe, bringing together senior U.S. and European figures to meet and discuss the international challenges of the day.