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Re:What Broke Sweden? Real Estate Bust Exposes Big Divide by roenxi on Saturday April 01, 2023 @08:45PM (#35405847)
That argument doesn't make sense. It is like saying that the policies Bharatiya Janata Party are a conspiracy theory because the party is basically just a big social club, and upsetting a few key members of the BJP executive doesn't imply anything. It doesn't, but then later in unrelated news a billion Indians might start making life difficult for our hypothetical upsetter at the direction of the Indian parliament.

The social club is convened for the purpose of high status people deciding how to influence the direction of the World Economy. It isn't a literature club. Their consensus opinions and the voices in the room matter a lot.

> .. people talk about the WEF ... rather than the actual policy makers

The names aren't a mystery. Klaus Schwab organises the thing. Lists of the politicians and businessmen are published. It is easier to say WEF than to say "9 of the 10 wealthiest people except Adani". Especially since Adani still attends some of the meetups.

https://qz.com/davos-2023-world-economic-forum-attendees-184...

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Re:What Broke Sweden? Real Estate Bust Exposes Big Divide by tptacek on Saturday April 01, 2023 @08:51PM (#35405891)
The BJP is in fact not just a big social club.
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Re:What Broke Sweden? Real Estate Bust Exposes Big Divide by roenxi on Saturday April 01, 2023 @08:53PM (#35405900)
The WEF is in fact not just a big social club either. People go their to coordinate, discuss policy and make deals.

They aren't going for the merch. They are there to lobby and influence, dare I say, the World Economy.

I mean, https://www.weforum.org/focus/the-great-reset . They're not talking about the weather. They're looking at the future and coordinating a response.

EDIT https://www.weforum.org/great-reset was a better link.

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Re:What Broke Sweden? Real Estate Bust Exposes Big Divide by tptacek on Saturday April 01, 2023 @08:56PM (#35405920)
The WEF is if anything less than a social club. It's a series of social events. It's nothing. The only potential energy it has at all is people imputing it power on threads about how it's the secret architect of the global economy. That is not something you can say about the BJP, which has real power.
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Re:What Broke Sweden? Real Estate Bust Exposes Big Divide by roenxi on Saturday April 01, 2023 @09:02PM (#35405960)
What powers do you think the BJP has that the WEF doesn't?
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Re:What Broke Sweden? Real Estate Bust Exposes Big Divide by tptacek on Saturday April 01, 2023 @10:45PM (#35406635)
The BJP is one of the two largest political parties in India.
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Re:What Broke Sweden? Real Estate Bust Exposes Big Divide by roenxi on Sunday April 02, 2023 @12:39AM (#35407227)
So say someone walks in and argues that the BJP has no power other than adding a tag to names in an election, and we should rather talk about the actual policy makers making decisions? Seem like a fair argument to you for why the BJP is not a real political entity?

Because that misses the points just as much as it does in describing the WEF. There is coordination going on beyond the official powers of the organisation. The organisation exists to coordinate political action!

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Re:What Broke Sweden? Real Estate Bust Exposes Big Divide by tptacek on Sunday April 02, 2023 @12:46AM (#35407255)
That is drastically more power than the WEF has.
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