Davos 2024: A lot of noise and... ...bitter almonds.
From January 15 to 19, 2024, the fifty-fourth edition of the World Economic Forum took place in Davos. From our Valencia real estate agency we followed it very closely and to a certain extent we had the hope of heading our article with the famous phrase of Shakespeare that gives life to one of his comedies: Much ado about nothing. The problem is that, of all this, there was only a lot of noise, because the nuts were replaced by almonds and these... were bitter, with the risk of life that this implies if they are consumed more than necessary.
Of course, you have to be willing to tolerate the distressing taste of bitter almonds for your existence to be in danger. However, the exponents have masterfully managed to sell us the poison in a package that promises the most delicious cake. That is why from our luxury real estate Valencia we have crumbled and deep dug into the measures that were simmered for a whole year and served in an express menu for five days in which, once again, confirm to us that this annual meeting is merely a display of state capitalism, cronyism, mercantilism and predatory socialism. Discover with us what the Davos Forum hid behind its "solutions".
In the absence of one, there were four axes around which the speeches at the Davos Forum revolved:
- Climate change
- Artificial intelligence
- Fake news
- Inequality
The proposals to solve the first three are packaged as follows: more state interventionism; more regulations; more taxes; and opening the door to some form of censorship of the most critical journalists and independent communicators.
Therefore, those of us who had hoped that the great world leaders, those who stand on the podium with the banner of equality and better opportunities for all, would finally surprise us with winds of deregulation and tax reduction, woke up on January 20 with our hopes shattered and with a black outlook before our eyes.
Small and large entrepreneurs, even those who lead multinationals if they are not included in the cronyism of those who orchestrate the World Economic Forum, were warned that they will have to tighten their belts, because there will be less of everything for everyone.
Wealth for five
Starting in 2020, there was an unprecedented movement of capital in history: the five most millionaires on the planet (multibillionaires, to be linguistically more rigid) saw their wealth increase, while five billion people witnessed the flight of their resources (savings, salaries, apartments...).
It is true that capitalism is, by definition, the accumulation of capital by a small fraction of the population, but five people in a world of eight billion is a mockery in our own faces.
When it was this issue's turn to be addressed, a letter signed by two hundred and fifty billionaires was presented, requesting that the government tax them more in order to level the inequality to some extent. Is it that easy? The truth is that reality has a much simpler option for this group of good Samaritans: the donation box. The legislation of most countries provides for the possibility of making a donation to the state itself.
Therefore, it is not necessary to raise our hands in Davos and be so enthusiastic about a measure that, once we have put it on the table, we know that the door to apply it to the entire population will have been left open.
Javier Milei and Pedro Sánchez - polar opposites display their proposals in Davos
The new meeting of mega-businessmen and politicians in Davos would have had no significant news (it was all more of the same as we had been hearing for some years, even with vestiges of "you will have nothing and you will be happy") if it had not been for the disruptive speech of Javier Milei, the brand new president of Argentina who came to fight the left.
Given that the World Economic Forum has managed to create a "capitalist" effect in its proposals, when it has already become very clear that it is a right-wing elite that intends to plunge the world into left-wing control and poverty, Javier Milei's speech was the oasis that an increasingly desertified world was in need of.
The president of Argentina made an announcement that caught the attention of all the listeners, and then began to shoot at all those responsible for having arrived at such a situation, which was completely avoidable: "The West is in danger", were the words that preceded the courtesy greeting.
The West, historically characterized by values such as individual freedom, capitalism, free trade and liberal economics, today finds itself on the brink of the abyss in the face of the state's growing intention to curtail all these freedoms in order to impose measures that are clearly aimed at harming the population of the three traditional economic and social classes, in order to favor states and mega-corporations, especially those dedicated to producing goods whose consumption is to be promoted: weapons of war and "renewable" energies.
However, what no one tells us is that there is nothing renewable about electric vehicles, which, once their useful life is over, become waste destined to feed the world's large landfills.
While Milei brought to Davos his already well-known discourse of reducing the state to its minimum expression, Pedro Sánchez, who took the podium immediately after the Argentine president lacerating the consciences of the globalists who are leading us to an imminent poverty and a loss of wealth of those who today have the privilege of belonging to the upper class, raised the urgent need for the state to take a leading role of medieval-monarchical dyes in the lives of citizens.
Digital identity - angel or demon?
Who could say that it would be counterproductive to have a document that will allow us to do paperwork in the blink of an eye, thanks to which we will be able to avoid the bureaucratic hurdles that bureaucracy throws at us out of laziness (or maybe even for fun), as well as making it impossible for them to hijack our identity for fraudulent purposes? Who could think badly of an effort that governments will make for our security, especially after seeing Máxima, the queen consort of the Netherlands, speak wonders of digital identity with her angelic voice?
What happens in China when someone behaves in a manner contrary to what the government arbitrarily indicates? They are simply identified and, depending on the degree of their dissidence, they will be punished, ranging from withdrawal of social credits to imprisonment or even disappearance.
The digital identity aims to bring together all your documents: ID card, passport, health card and driver's license, in one place. In this way, all your data will be stored by the government, from where they will know whether you have been vaccinated, what goods and services you have bought and what websites you have visited. And none of this will be used merely for statistical purposes, let alone in your favor, but will be the tool the state will have at its disposal to dissuade you from doing anything that the ruling and economic elites find annoying.
In addition to the fact that the government will have in its hands the method it has always wanted to prevent you from buying certain goods and services, as well as rationing your monthly or annual consumption of certain products, they will also be able to cross-reference your data with companies that maintain "convenience connections" with the state. Imagine what could happen if your health data, which are not ideal for a standard-priced life insurance policy, fall into the hands of an insurance company. Would they give you the insurance? If so, would they charge you the same price?
The Davos Forum - a danger that goes far beyond a bundle of stifled expectations
There is no doubt that anyone who has managed to forge anything resembling wealth, or who is on the way to doing so, saw their expectations diluted as of January 20. However, the dangers forged in Davos this year go far beyond the gradual impoverishment of the middle class and limiting the resources and freedoms of the upper classes.
If we are not careful with our vote, we will have to start being careful with our actions, as any one of us could be labeled a dissident, or even a terrorist, for simply making the media work harder to provide transparency, even for them to be the ones to prevent fake news, and for exposing the predation of the state on citizens.
Everything seems to indicate that, if you don't behave like a good subject, they can do worse than prevent you from buying your Valencia penthouse: they can take it off your hands.