A Real Bloviating Blofeld

(Get out of my fucking parking space)

Thanks for all the comments to my previous piece on “Conspiracy vs Cock-Up” - some great thoughts to ponder there.

I’ve just watched Russell Brand’s humorous piss-take of Klaus Schwab and Davos which can be viewed here.

Apparently, when Schwab was on holiday, one of his employees took advantage of his empty parking space. He wanted to fire them for this gross crime, but was talked out of it by more senior employees. True or not, this anecdote got me thinking more about “conspiracy” and the purpose of the WEF.

We’ve all seen the slogans

• build back better

• you will own nothing, and be happy

Better for whom? Better compared to what? Klaus himself, apparently, owns some $80 million worth of land in Switzerland (and a palatial mansion) perhaps because he’s demonstrating that owning so much turns you into a miserable bastard. Leading by example.

We’re all aware that Schwab is on record as stating that the ‘pandemic’ is a golden opportunity, a blessed, but narrow, window of beneficence, to re-shape things for the better.

Isn’t it lovely, such a display of selflessness, that the world’s wealthiest people, heads of Government, the most influential people in the world, get together for a few days to discuss how to make things better for us, the little people? My heart burns warmer than a supernova at their goodness and charity.

As they are served their caviar and expensive wines they gaze at those who serve them, hearts full of pity and empathy, and wonder with a soul filled to the brim with the light of compassion: “Dear wretched serving person, how can I make your life better?”

And we are such ungrateful hapless clods. As one bewildered Davos delegate said

"The good news is the elite across the world trust each other more and more... the bad news . . . is that the majority of people trusted that elite less..."

I feel her pain. I really do. All we do is moan and complain and are mistrustful of those “elite” whose greatest mission in life is to lift us out of our humble servitude.

Honestly, what do you think these “great and good” actually talk about when not in the glare of the cameras? How to make themselves poorer so that the “non-elite” can be lifted up?

Or are they, perhaps, negotiating how best to preserve and grow the empires they have built around themselves?

We mostly all act in this way. We all have “empires” to preserve and protect. For most of us the empire is relatively modest - it might include our family, our small home and our income. Why should we expect any less of those who have built great empires of wealth and influence?

These power games get played out everywhere in great and small ways. Here’s some of the world’s leaders demonstrating their great commitment to inclusivity and equity at last year’s G7 summit

If masks are to “protect” others, then the world’s leaders clearly don’t give a flying fornication about protecting the people serving them their drinks and nibbles.

Here are some adults sending out the message that kids are special and must be protected

I don’t know about you guys, but I just want to find some way to wipe those nauseating grins off the faces of those adults.

Here are some people owning the air around them - their own personal bubble empire of protection.

Covid has brought out into the open many unpleasant facets of human beings, some of our most ignoble characteristics. Being a good person involves a daily struggle against the darker side of our natures. It’s a personal thing and we often need a bit of help and a kick up the backside from those who love us when we fall short.

It never involves telling people how good you are. Actually being a good person, overcoming those less appealing inner impulses, is its own publicity. You will stand out from the crowd and by your fruits ye shall be known.

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