The clandestine nature of the Bilderberg Meeting regularly sparks conspiracy theories and accusations of a "secret world order," but organizers say the restricted gathering with rules on reporting simply allows more freedom within discussions.
The official website for the Bilderberg Meetings said that the cost of meetings "are covered wholly by private subscription. According to one Swiss daily newspaper , Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the meeting although the State Department chief isn't on the official guest list published Tuesday.
The U. The group decided that it would invite of the world's most powerful people in Europe and North America to meet once a year for two days at a different five-star resort.
The group stresses secrecy:. Several high-profile journalists have been invited over the years, with the understanding not to report on the proceedings. Some have argued that Bilderbergers have withheld cancer cures so as not to anger the global pharmaceutical industry. It is the largest drug manufacturing combine in the world.
See also Rockefeller Foundation. They've also kept technology out of the public domain that would allow cars to travel 75 kilometres on a litre of gas in the interest of "big oil".
James Tucker , an American libertarian and journalist, has been a critic of the Bilderberg group for decades. A few days before the meeting, he wrote:. According to Mr. Tucker, the group uses its influence to organize wars to overthrow "unfriendly" leaders. The Bilderbergers have also been accused of backing campaigns of politicians friendly to big business interests. Former U. According to the current chairman, Belgian politician and businessman Etienne Davignon , the steering committee that organizes the annual meetings is "excellent at spotting talent.
However, the Bilderbergers were not pleased with Harper because of the Kyoto Protocol , which they were backing. See also David Rockefeller. It's a step on the road to creating world government. The Bilderbergers had been spooking the world since , though their ghost-like founders have been in operation much longer.
One of the most aggressive Bilderberg leaders is David Rockefeller, scion of the billionaire Rockefeller clan and shadowy presence behind hundreds of think tanks and grants. Since , Daniel Estulin has managed to find the location of yearly Bilderberg meetings as they were announced, always just one week ahead of time. Meetings are held in a small town outside a major city, cloak and daggered with armed security guards. Uninvited, Mr. Henry Kissinger is a regular, while Helmut Kohl, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Christine Lagarde and Jose Manuel Barroso have all attended among the billionaires and executives from leading banks, corporations and defence industry bigwigs.
These people have cleared days from their extremely busy schedules. We know you are evil. He has more recently attended protest camps, sent InfoWars pundit Owen Shroyer to try and invade their gathering in Chantilly, Virginia, and accused them of plotting to overthrow US president Donald Trump.
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For Aaronovitch what often triggers widespread cabal theories are moments of great upheaval. Whether, oddly, they are changing for better as well as for the worse. Why did McCarthyism happen at the time when US economy was growing faster than at any time in history?
Society was in flux, the economy expanding rapidly and millions of servicemen were coming back from the war. It's not just the about social context. Some people are more susceptible than others to believing in wacky cabals, says Prof Chris French, of Goldsmith College's psychology department. They have a need to have a sense of control. Not only do they not trust the government, they tend not to trust their neighbours either.
And in the need for control, there may be links to the roots of religious belief, he says. The conspiracy theorists may get overexcited but they have a point, says Prof Andrew Kakabadse, co-author of new book Bilderberg People.
The group has genuine power that far outranks the World Economic Forum, which meets in Davos, he argues. And with no transparency, it is easy to see why people are worried about its influence. The agenda the group has is to bring together the political elites on both right and left, let them mix in relaxed, luxurious surroundings with business leaders, and let the ideas fizz. It may seem like a glorified dinner party but that is to miss the point.
The theme at Bilderberg is to bolster a consensus around free market Western capitalism and its interests around the globe, he says.
In one sense yes.
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