The Real Reason the Rich Flock to Davos

[bilby]

Who supported world wide vacinations?

Every single person who understands anything about epidemiology, virology, or immunology.

I certainly did; And I wasn't aware that Bill Gates was in agreement with me on the question, though his charitable work and good general science education made it a fair bet that he would, or at least should.

I am not much of a fan of rich people using their wealth to do things through charity that should be done by government, because I believe that democracy is superior to aristocracy. As a result, I would be much happier with a world in which Bill Gates was merely comfortably well off, rather than wealthy enough to singlehandedly influence policy.

Bill Gates is a distraction in immunology, much as Al Gore is a distraction in climatology - we shouldn't be so influenced by celebrity or wealth, even on those occasions when the individual in question is correct.

But we assuredly shouldn't be dissuaded from doing the right thing because it's supported by some random wealthy or famous person.

As a card-carrying "lefty", I despise the system that gives Bill Gates such a disproportionate amount of influence. But I nevertheless welcome any and all actions, even by such individuals as Mr Gates, that might encourage more people to be vaccinated.

I don't recognise the bizarro world you describe in your OP at all. The ultra rich shouldn't exist, but that they do doesn't imply that there's some big conspiracy - just that our economic system is designed to increase inequality, and that some people get lucky, while others don't.

 

[Ford]

Whether or not Thom Hartmann is right or not is beside the point IMO

That is such a resounding endorsement.

I know, right?

Me clicking on this post:

"Oh crap...wonder where this is going?"

"Oh wait. Thom Hartmann? Not what I was expecting...this is going to get weird, isn't it?"

Sure enough...link to a video from a "lefty" slamming Davos, then OP complaining that "lefties" love Davos.

Whoosh...

 

[RVonse]

Sure enough...link to a video from a "lefty" slamming Davos, then OP complaining that "lefties" love Davos.

Whoosh...

Ok, fair enough.

So if the left abhors the Davos World Forum as much as Steve Bannon does.....how can Klaus Schwab even exist to be heard at all? Isn't Switzerland the location where these folks meet and greet? I've never thought of Switzerland as a far right looney location and they don't seem to be taking very many of their meetings in Texas. If anything I would expect Klaus to be meeting somewhere in San Fransisco if it wasn't Switzerland. Just who out there is even taking them seriously if it isn't the liberals and those who prefer socialism? The guy exists so someone has to be listening to him.

Right wingers and maga followers hate Klaus Schwab and fear him because they correctly know that all that money eventually talks. And they hate and continue to hate his globalist platform.

 

[Patooka]

So if the left abhors the Davos World Forum as much as Steve Bannon does.....how can Klaus Schwab even exist to be heard at all?

What the living fuck is this supposed to mean?

I've never thought of Switzerland as a far right looney location and they don't seem to be taking very many of their meetings in Texas.

Switzerland isn't far right therefore the left is responsible for the Davos World Forum? You jumped a couple of steps there son.

Just who out there is even taking them seriously if it isn't the liberals and those who prefer socialism? The guy exists so someone has to be listening to him.

People listen to Russel Brand apparently, but thankfully very few take him seriously. Your argument is fifth grade nonsense.

RVonse, maybe you could explain the hypocrisy I show by not knowing who Klaus Schwab is prior to this thread yet thinking Steve Bannon is a cunt. Or maybe, just maybe put a single name or face to the so called leftists you keep accusing in this thread of hypocrisy.

Fucking hell, it appears because I quoted a banned member in this thread, we've teleported back to 2020. Except now it's you who has adopted his dumb fuck arguments. Well done on the shadow debating.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Who supported world wide vacinations? There wasn"t anything vague about the compete flogging the left gave to the right over the vacination issue.

That happened because vacinations became politicized. Remember, at the start of Covid it was the right warning of an epidemic while the left was inviting everyone to Chy-na town. When the positions reversed (don't know quite how that transpired), the left used it has a cudgal against its political enemies. Didn't need Davos for that.

The right used it for China-bashing but then showed no interest in actually doing anything else when it started out hitting blue areas first. And the left was right--Chinatown was no more dangerous than anyplace else. If anything, probably safer than average because infection risk has always been taken more seriously over there and the initial spread here was from returning travelers.

 

[laughing dog]

I believe I usually have some insight and some sympathy for RVonses position because we are from the same era and region, but I confess I have no clue what he is on about in this thread.

 

[Patooka]

I believe I usually have some insight and some sympathy for RVonses position because we are from the same era and region, but I confess I have no clue what he is on about in this thread.

The left are bad because they don't agree with Steve Bannon with regards to Klaus Schwab, I think.

 

[bilby]

People listen to Russel Brand apparently

Shit, people even listen to David Icke.

Whose only redeeming feature is as inspiration for the excellent remark made by Jasper Carrot: "David Icke is going to save the world? That's a bit ambitious, he saved fuck-all when he played for Coventry".

 

[RVonse]

Whether or not Thom Hartmann is right or not is beside the point IMO

That is such a resounding endorsement.

Its not that I don't agree with Thom Hartmann. But that my OP should focus the fact that the left and right can't seem to agree on anything even when they do appear in agreement with each other. For example, the right says it hates Davos because they want all of us "to own nothing and become permanent slaves and renters". Then Left leaning Thom Hartmann joins the same Davos hating party (above video) saying Davos are vanity elites given to us from God (which I agree with). Yet the leftist mainstream media does all it can do to promote the vision of Davos. And so does Hollywood (which most generally agree) has been taken over by left ideology. Here is a video by Nichole Kidman eating bugs. In case you are not aware she is a famous Hollywood actor and this video was sponsored by Davos:



And its not that I have something against eating bugs. They say bugs have a lot of protein and better to stay alive than go hungry. The point is that it is the leftist media and Hollywood who are promoting the ideas of Davos. When it comes to promoting anything in Hollywood it is not the right that has this power.

Before you or someone else accuses me of Hollywood not really being left, I would ask you this question. If Hollywood is so right leaning with their ideology, how come almost every show that comes out now days has a "woke" message tied to it?

 

[RVonse]

I believe I usually have some insight and some sympathy for RVonses position because we are from the same era and region, but I confess I have no clue what he is on about in this thread.

I think this actually sheds a lot of light on my OP. You might be liberal but don't even realize what your ideology advertises in Hollywood and main stream media.

 

[ZiprHead]

The point is that it is the leftist media and Hollywood who are promoting the ideas of Davos. When it comes to promoting anything in Hollywood it is not the right that has this power.

I'm sure you have some examples of this.

And what are "the ideas of Davos"?

 

[Harry Bosch]

I believe I usually have some insight and some sympathy for RVonses position because we are from the same era and region, but I confess I have no clue what he is on about in this thread.

I think this actually sheds a lot of light on my OP. You might be liberal but don't even realize what your ideology advertises in Hollywood and main stream media.

I still don't get it. I just looked it up, but a day lift ski pass at the main resort in Davos is $86. That isn't bad at all. I'm planning a trip to Big Sky Montana. Lift tickets there are shockingly $249 a day! The real question is why are the rich flocking to Montana!

 

[laughing dog]

I believe I usually have some insight and some sympathy for RVonses position because we are from the same era and region, but I confess I have no clue what he is on about in this thread.

I think this actually sheds a lot of light on my OP. You might be liberal but don't even realize what your ideology advertises in Hollywood and main stream media.

WTF?
From what I can glean, it appears to me that your position includes
1) it upsets you that the “ left” and the “ right” do not agree on the reasons to “hate” Davis, and
2) any idea promoted from Davos is wrong.

Any set of ideas or ideology can generate different reasons for different reasons, so 1 is illogical. Rejecting an idea solely based on the source is a mark of a kneejerk partisan.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Whether or not Thom Hartmann is right or not is beside the point IMO

That is such a resounding endorsement.

Its not that I don't agree with Thom Hartmann. But that my OP should focus the fact that the left and right can't seem to agree on anything even when they do appear in agreement with each other. For example, the right says it hates Davos because they want all of us "to own nothing and become permanent slaves and renters". Then Left leaning Thom Hartmann joins the same Davos hating party (above video) saying Davos are vanity elites given to us from God (which I agree with). Yet the leftist mainstream media does all it can do to promote the vision of Davos. And so does Hollywood (which most generally agree) has been taken over by left ideology. Here is a video by Nichole Kidman eating bugs. In case you are not aware she is a famous Hollywood actor and this video was sponsored by Davos:



And its not that I have something against eating bugs. They say bugs have a lot of protein and better to stay alive than go hungry. The point is that it is the leftist media and Hollywood who are promoting the ideas of Davos. When it comes to promoting anything in Hollywood it is not the right that has this power.

Before you or someone else accuses me of Hollywood not really being left, I would ask you this question. If Hollywood is so right leaning with their ideology, how come almost every show that comes out now days has a "woke" message tied to it?

It is like you don't get that it is rich elite v the rest of us, not left v right. But then you hitched your wagon to a rich elite wannabee narcissist and thought he gave a fuck about you.

Yet you seem to support the lack of regulation that helps leads to the mega wealthy.

 

[bilby]

the right says it hates Davos

No, it doesn't. A tiny number of nutters from "the right" might say that, because frankly there's nothing whatsoever that you can't find a tiny number of nutters to support; But as a group, "the right" loves the concentration of wealth, and everything that that implies.

 

[RVonse]

The point is that it is the leftist media and Hollywood who are promoting the ideas of Davos. When it comes to promoting anything in Hollywood it is not the right that has this power.

I'm sure you have some examples of this.

And what are "the ideas of Davos"?

They actually have their own website here: https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2023

The democrats can no longer call this a "conspiracy theory" since it is openly advertised now.

For all to see, observe this liberal paradise of centralized planning of a digital economy where everyone will have their money turned off at will of the elite like the CCP already has underway, complete open trade without concern for wages (even Thom Hartmann is against this), artificial seeds and agriculture in order to enable big agra to put small individual farmers out of business..

Centralized planning = liberal policy. Individual freedom = conservativism.

 

[RVonse]

Whether or not Thom Hartmann is right or not is beside the point IMO

That is such a resounding endorsement.

Its not that I don't agree with Thom Hartmann. But that my OP should focus the fact that the left and right can't seem to agree on anything even when they do appear in agreement with each other. For example, the right says it hates Davos because they want all of us "to own nothing and become permanent slaves and renters". Then Left leaning Thom Hartmann joins the same Davos hating party (above video) saying Davos are vanity elites given to us from God (which I agree with). Yet the leftist mainstream media does all it can do to promote the vision of Davos. And so does Hollywood (which most generally agree) has been taken over by left ideology. Here is a video by Nichole Kidman eating bugs. In case you are not aware she is a famous Hollywood actor and this video was sponsored by Davos:



And its not that I have something against eating bugs. They say bugs have a lot of protein and better to stay alive than go hungry. The point is that it is the leftist media and Hollywood who are promoting the ideas of Davos. When it comes to promoting anything in Hollywood it is not the right that has this power.

Before you or someone else accuses me of Hollywood not really being left, I would ask you this question. If Hollywood is so right leaning with their ideology, how come almost every show that comes out now days has a "woke" message tied to it?

It is like you don't get that it is rich elite v the rest of us, not left v right. But then you hitched your wagon to a rich elite wannabee narcissist and thought he gave a fuck about you.

Yet you seem to support the lack of regulation that helps leads to the mega wealthy.

The sooner the existing political left and political right realize this is really "us versus them", the better. Wake up and stop arguing with each other to go after the real enemies of freedom, individual liberty, and opportunity.

Trump was mega wealthy but that was all he had in common with the world forum. That crowd of elites would never allow him in their circle and Trump would never want to be there either even if invited.

 

[RVonse]

the right says it hates Davos

No, it doesn't. A tiny number of nutters from "the right" might say that, because frankly there's nothing whatsoever that you can't find a tiny number of nutters to support; But as a group, "the right" loves the concentration of wealth, and everything that that implies.

People like this guy absolutely hate Davos, the fed, or any other type of central planning. All the gold bugs, preppers, and gun nuts feel the same way: https://www.youtube.com/@GeorgeGammon

"They have a new plan that will make you poor"

They are about as right wing as you can get with ideology. They want more personal freedom and liberty.

 

[laughing dog]

Whether or not Thom Hartmann is right or not is beside the point IMO

That is such a resounding endorsement.

Its not that I don't agree with Thom Hartmann. But that my OP should focus the fact that the left and right can't seem to agree on anything even when they do appear in agreement with each other. For example, the right says it hates Davos because they want all of us "to own nothing and become permanent slaves and renters". Then Left leaning Thom Hartmann joins the same Davos hating party (above video) saying Davos are vanity elites given to us from God (which I agree with). Yet the leftist mainstream media does all it can do to promote the vision of Davos. And so does Hollywood (which most generally agree) has been taken over by left ideology. Here is a video by Nichole Kidman eating bugs. In case you are not aware she is a famous Hollywood actor and this video was sponsored by Davos:



And its not that I have something against eating bugs. They say bugs have a lot of protein and better to stay alive than go hungry. The point is that it is the leftist media and Hollywood who are promoting the ideas of Davos. When it comes to promoting anything in Hollywood it is not the right that has this power.

Before you or someone else accuses me of Hollywood not really being left, I would ask you this question. If Hollywood is so right leaning with their ideology, how come almost every show that comes out now days has a "woke" message tied to it?

It is like you don't get that it is rich elite v the rest of us, not left v right. But then you hitched your wagon to a rich elite wannabee narcissist and thought he gave a fuck about you.

Yet you seem to support the lack of regulation that helps leads to the mega wealthy.

The sooner the existing political left and political right realize this is really "us versus them", the better. Wake up and stop arguing with each other to go after the real enemies of freedom, individual liberty, and opportunity.

Coming from a Trump supporter, that is hilarious. Mr. Trump is a demonstrated enemy of freedom and individual libertry.

Trump was mega wealthy but that was all he had in common with the world forum. That crowd of elites would never allow him in their circle and Trump would never want to be there either even if invited.

Are you kidding? Mr. Trump is all about status. He'd jump at the chance of being included in the crowd of the "elites". In fact, I'd conjecture he'd bristle at the notion he was not in that group.

 

[laughing dog]

the right says it hates Davos

No, it doesn't. A tiny number of nutters from "the right" might say that, because frankly there's nothing whatsoever that you can't find a tiny number of nutters to support; But as a group, "the right" loves the concentration of wealth, and everything that that implies.

People like this guy absolutely hate Davos, the fed, or any other type of central planning. All the gold bugs, preppers, and gun nuts feel the same way:

The Fed is not central planning (at least as conventionally understood). Gold bugs and gun nuts are on the fringe of a reality-tether.