2024-01-18
Watching the Javier Milei presentation of all the reasons why the free enterprise system always trumps socialism for the well-being of the people, one may be tempted to wonder about where the WEF sits today on the spectrum, given that they have been proposing a system of technocratic control over everybody in order to "save the planet" for some years. On the face of it, Javier's presentation doesn't fit the narrative.
Or does it?
Given that the theme for this year's gathering is to "Rebuild Trust" (an admission of defeat in itself?), Javier certainly tones down the rhetoric.
But in key respects he does not conflict with WEF plans:
- He professes support for monopolies.
The world's history of monopolies isn't supportive. The monopolistic tendencies of Big Pharma working hand-in-glove with Big Government have recently given the lie to the idea that monopolies are not to be feared. Prior to that, the history of Big Oil (not to mention Big Banking) led to the notion of the "Robber Barons" who gouged the market by buying up or otherwise eliminating the competition. Competition tends to keep prices under control, but monopolies don't suffer competition gladly.
These days, monopolies tend to disguise themselves under multiple brand-names, but via share ownership, almost all companies of any size today are ultimately answerable to one of Vanguard, State Street, and Black Rock. So much for genuine competition. - The WEF is a corporate oligopoly. It is essentially about government by the oligarchs. It has no place for democracy, maybe not even for the nation state. If we examine the true corporate structure of western governments including the UK, they are legal bodies corporate. The corporate oligopoly is already here, and our MPs are their servants. "No man can serve two masters" etc, so democracy is little more than a sham to delude us. Likewise the media companies act as if all are controlled by a few media moguls operating in concert.
It does seem that if we want to recover some form of government "of the people by the people and for the people", it's actually the corporate and legal system that needs root and branch "reform", and "we the people" will have to take the initiative because today's controllers will not be volunteering for redundancy.
As always, the battle for supremacy is between the systems of top-down control, and bottom-up freedom of action. Top-down leads ultimately to one-size-fits-all slavery, bottom-up to freedom of choice, speech, association, voluntary cooperation. It thus permits a multiplicity of approaches to problem-solving that allows many solutions to be independently tried, and the best one to be identified and become widely adopted, all by the free will of the people acting independently in their own interests.
Tolerance, forgiveness, and cooperation - it is apparent that we are far stronger cooperating and working together than we are when we work independently without regard for each other, or when we disagree with and/or even fight each other. In other words, work with others as you would have them work with you.
And finally, voluntary cooperation simply isn't feasible without adherence to truth (the whole truth and nothing but the truth) - deceit will undermine it in no time.
"Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets" (Matthew 22:36-40)
Translation (work with me here) for those who are not religious Christians:
"Above all, respect and adhere to the truth and to goodwill to all, because your cooperation with others depends upon it. Always work with others as you would have them work with you. Everything else then falls into place"
Here endeth today's homily 😎.
