World's Gone Mad Cookbook-Part 2

A Quick and Easy Recipe to Take Down Society

Personally, I’d rather be slapped in the face with the truth than kissed with a lie—But I realize that not everyone feels this way. As I wrote at the beginning of Part 1, it’s not my intention to add stress to the life of anyone—Ever.

What follows are my insights into the state of our humanity, and by extension, our global society. I think it’s headed in the wrong direction, which I recognize may be disturbing for some.

What you’re about to read cannot be unread. So if you’re prone to severe anxiety, please skip this article and we’ll meet up again with a lighter topic after this multi-part series is complete.

For those inclined not to look away from the train wreck, join me for a peek into the darker recesses of what our species is capable.

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“To admit that some people literally have no conscience is not technically the same as saying that some human beings are evil, but it is disturbingly close.” ― Martha Stout

For some time now, I’ve felt a tugging at the fabric of civilization. The “What?” has been fairly obvious: Plague, war, wealth inequity, divisive politics, recession, inflation, crime, and impending famine are pretty hard to miss. But the “Why?”—That’s more pernicious.

There has been an unravelling of the threads of governing prudence which have sustained us—What was once settled wisdom has now blown away on mad winds, as if it never existed. If this is the breaking of eggs to make someone’s reinvented idea of a societal omelet—I’ll skip it and have the oatmeal.

These last few months, I’ve done what I could to puzzle things out, both for my own sanity as well as to provide perspective for others who might feel like I do—That our species has lost its way. Doing the research for this World’s Gone Mad series has been a labyrinthine experience—So I suggest first reading Part 1 for important context on psychopathy and corruption.

Regardless of your political party, if you find yourself frustrated by the harmful policies of our government and don’t approve of the actions of our leader, you’re aligned with the majority in this country—As well as with most citizens of developed countries around the planet. Global leader approval ratings in 21 major countries are ominously low—As of 9/8/2022, in only 29% of these does the majority of the population approve of their leader. Why is this so? I think there are many reasons, but I’ve chosen income inequality as the next ingredient to highlight in this deranged recipe for the collapse of civilization.

The Wealth Gap—Let Sit Until Fully Separated

For decades, the rich have been getting richer, while the poor have been getting poorer. Some, like Stanford University professor Walter Scheidel, feel that societal upheaval is the only way to remedy the situation. Born in Vienna, Austria and educated at University of Vienna, Scheidel detailed his views in his book The Great Leveler:

“In “The Great Leveler”, the Stanford professor posits that throughout history, economic inequality has only been rectified by one of the “Four Horsemen of Leveling”: warfare, revolution, state collapse and plague.”

These Four Horseman have made a mess trampling around the globe lately. How prescient it was that The Great Leveler was hailed by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as one of the 6 best books of 2017. WEF is an organization which, according to its website, “engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.”

And they have a stated focus on fixing income inequality. WEF holds an annual meeting of the wealthy elite in Davos, Switzerland, referred to as “a gathering not of the 1%, but of the .000001%.”—Before moving on, I just have to say it out loud because it sounds so incredibly unlikely when I read it to myself:

”This is a meeting of wealthy elite, who purport the intent of ending wealthy elitism.”—Steven Phillips

(Yes, I really did just say it out loud, and it still sounds just as improbable.)

Immensely powerful, WEF has also been at the epicenter of seething controversy. This is in part due to its Great Reset initiative, which has sparked conversations, that some have labeled conspiracy theories, regarding a totalitarian agenda.

"The pandemic represents a rare but narrow window of opportunity to reflect, reimagine, and reset our world" - Klaus Schwab, Founder WEF

And yet despite its reach and power, WEF has been criticized for being “out of touch,” “ineffective,” and “broadly irrelevant.” What is it about WEF that’s so polarizing? To answer that, first we need to define some terminology:

““Stakeholder capitalism,” a model I first proposed a half-century ago, positions private corporations as trustees of society, and is clearly the best response to today’s social and environmental challenges.”—Klaus Schwab, WEF Founder & Chairman

I’ve encountered quite a few bad ideas in my years swimming against polluted tides—But of them all, I think that entrusting corporations with the stewardship of society is one of the most harebrained, ill-begotten, and dangerous. The perils of groupthink are undeniable and I’m not alone in my assessment:

“Corporations are psychotic…have no innate moral impulses, and in fact they exist solely for the purpose of making money…are systemically driven to do whatever is necessary to increase revenues and profits, with no regard for ethical issues...”

The award-winning media platform OpenDemocracy, summed up WEF’s plan of action as follows:

“…sinister hiding in plain sight. In fact, more sinister because it’s real and it’s happening now. And it involves things as fundamental as our food, our data and our vaccines…The magic words are ‘stakeholder capitalism’, a concept that WEF chairman Klaus Schwab has been hammering for decades…means giving corporations more power over society, and democratic institutions less.”

If the “Great Reset” and “Stakeholder Capitalism” were what ignited the polemic against WEF—Then the views of Yuval Noah Harari, transhumanist advisor to WEF, who thinks that free will is “dangerous” and a “myth,” are adding gasoline to that fire.

Transhumanism, boiled down to its bones, is pure eugenics. It calls itself “H+,” for more or better than human. Which, of course, is what eugenics is all about…transhumanist values are being embraced at the highest strata of society, including in Big Tech, in universities, and among the Davos crowd of globalist would-be technocrats. Yuval Harari…believes that AI/human hybrids are inevitably going to take over — and that those of us who refuse to join our minds with these computer programs will come to be considered a “useless class,” or even, “useless people.”

Harari states:

“…the biggest question maybe in economics and politics of the coming decades will be what to do with all these useless people…The problem is more boredom…how will they find some sense of meaning in life when they are basically meaningless, worthless.

My best guess at present is a combination of drugs and computer games as a solution for most…”

And WEF’s systematic cultivation of influence at the uppermost levels of government has not gone unnoticed. In the tweet below with its video, Klaus Schwab casually discusses “penetrating” government with WEF’s Young Global Leader (YGL) program, which has included Angela Merkel, Vladimir Putin, and Justin Trudeau. He also touches on the extent of WEF’s reach—At least half of the Canadian government’s cabinet have been WEF YGL’s, and adds that this is also the case in Argentina and France.

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“So we penetrate the cabinets”. Here is Klaus Schwab in 2017 discussing how the WEF have penetrated governments with its young global leaders - like Justin Trudeau.

My goal here is not to foster conspiracy theories, nor is it to obfuscate genuine conspiracies—It’s to explore what I find troubling, and I’ll admit that I find WEF more than a bit creepy. But the purpose of my exploration is to find truth, wherever it leads. So, while doing my best to ignore the hairs standing up on my arms, I ask the logical question: Has WEF been successful in its declared focus of shrinking the wealth gap? I think the short answer is no.

WEF has unprecedented access and influence at the top echelons of government and industry, yet it failed to effectively warn of imminent economic catastrophe. A major global upheaval, the Financial Crisis of 2008, also known as The Great Recession, was a predictable event, as argued by Harvard professors. It was largely missed by WEF, as outlined in their Global Competitiveness Report 2006-2007:

“The US current account deficit reached an extraordinary US$660 billion in 2004, up from US$520 billion in 2003 and US$475 billion in 2002. This is not only very large because the United States is a large economy but, at 6.4 percent of GDP in 2005, it is even large relative to the size of the economy, so it has become a dominant feature of the world economy that naturally, and understandably, attracts attention. But just because something is new and big and unprecedented does not mean it is unsustainable.”

This resulted in a foreseeable response, as reported by Reuters:

“…protest against the World Economic Forum, saying the elite gathered for it annual meeting are not qualified to fix the world’s problems

After The Great Recession, the wealth gap deepened. Did WEF have income inequality on its radar back then?—Yes. Did they fix the problem?—Clearly not.

And I feel compelled to point out the obvious: Stanford University professor Walter Scheidel was incorrect in his appraisal that calamities are the great levelers for income inequality. It may have worked after The Great Depression but certainly not so after The Great Recession. And yet, WEF still extoled his book. Curious.

So what now? WEF professes a continued focus on wealth inequalities, but this crevasse has only gotten worse since Covid. Are we being marched along toward a class society with a growing list of ever-more-wealthy billionaires?

America’s billionaires have grown $2.1 trillion richer during the pandemic, their collective fortune skyrocketing by 70 percent…”

Meanwhile, the poor have gotten progressively more poor, and not just in the US:

"Households in the poorest fifth – as measured by their pre-crisis income – have been hit hardest in terms of earnings, with a fall in their median household earnings of around 15 percent (or around £160 per month)."

Some claim that Covid financial relief government policies have resulted in “Historic gains against poverty and hardship.” But not only have these policies resulted in a budget deficit which is the highest percentage of gross domestic product since 1945, financial hardships have worsened for the poor. According to the US Census Bureau:

“In 2020, approximately 37.2 million people had incomes below the official definition of poverty in the United States, which was an increase from 34.0 million people in 2019. The poverty rate rose to 11.4% from 10.5%”

And in 2021, the US poverty rate continued to climb, now up to a sickening 11.6%. Government claims to be taking steps to address the wealth gap, but it’s been growing for over 40 years with no end in sight. And many government policies are arguably fostering poverty rather than mitigating it.

A report from the International Monetary Fund, written in 1998, a time when overt censorship of inconvenient truths didn’t prevail to the extent that it does now, found that income inequities had their roots in corruption.

“…policies that reduce corruption will also lower income inequality and poverty.”

Easier said than done.

Please join me for Part 3, which will be the last in this series, coming soon.

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