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George Soros Suddenly Pulling Out of Davos Raises Questions
The billionaire financier tweeted on January 10 that his absence was "due to an unavoidable scheduling conflict," adding that he planned to deliver a speech in Munich on February 16—a full calendar month after the WEF annual meeting began.
Through his Open Society Foundations, grant-giving organisations, Soros has distributed $32 billion, and was the largest individual donor in the 2022 midterms, having earlier donated vast sums to Democrat presidential bids. His role as a generous benefactor to many causes has spurred theories that he uses his wealth to influence global affairs.
Soros—a Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor—has, without evidence, been accused of being a Nazi collaborator by the likes of actress Roseanne Barr and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, a claim he has publicly refuted, as well as funding migrant crises in the U.S. and Europe.
How Klaus Schwab Built a Billionaire Circus at Davos
Schwab’s greatest accomplishment is decidedly entrepreneurial. He has developed the Forum from an earnest meeting of policy wonks into a glittering assembly of the world’s richest people. He has achieved this by ingratiating himself with those who wield power, and especially the billionaire class—a tribe known as Davos Man. Schwab has constructed a refuge for the outlandishly wealthy, an exclusive zone where they are free to pursue deals and sundry shenanigans while enjoying the cover of participating in a virtuous undertaking. Their mere presence in Davos at the Forum signals their empathy and sensitivity.
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For decades, business leaders, billionaires and politicians have gathered in Davos, Switzerland under the banner of forging ties that can help solve global problems.
It’s a glitzy exercise often criticized as out of touch. It also looks increasingly out of date as the biggest war in Europe since 1945 deepens splits in the world economy.
This year’s World Economic Forum, hosted in the Alpine ski town since the early 1970s, kicks off Monday. It’s expected to draw a record 2,700 attendees, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and US climate envoy John Kerry.
A San Diego firefighter wades through floodwaters to help rescue animals in Merced, California, on January 10, 2023. Relentless storms were ravaging California again Tuesday, the latest bout of extreme weather that has left 14 people dead. Fierce storms caused flash flooding, closed key highways, toppled trees and swept away drivers and passengers -- reportedly including a five-year-old-boy who remains missing in central California.
Global experts worry simultaneous crises could become the new norm
Yet the WEF’s first winter meeting in Davos since 2020 comes as economic heavyweights are playing by different rules, with companies moving supply chains closer to home, strategic stockpiling picking up pace and corporate executives who once extolled free trade appearing increasingly wary of rising geopolitical risks.
the biggest WEF ass kissers such as Macron and Trudeau aren’t there either…
Moreover, Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will not be joining other world leaders there, and neither will Rishi Sunak, the U.K. Prime Minister or Brazil's new president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
It seems there are only B listers present at the meeting right now… Ukrainians are probably not very happy. The Klitchko brothers arrived yesterday in order to discuss about new weapon deliveries.
Are the big players having a private club meeting somewhere else? Where would it be?
originally posted by: xuenchen
Possible Red Herring to confuse the captured audiences 😎
Those guys a re slick and 99% of what they do is deep underground 😎
originally posted by: F2d5thCavv2
a reply to: Bigburgh
Kinda interesting how Davos as an event has overshadowed the Bilderberg meetings. Almost like a distraction.
Cheers