The headline was intriguing: “Majority of World Population Supports Globalism, Survey Finds.” The first sentence read: “Maybe populist political movements don’t have as much support as often presumed.” That statement was a little shocking considering national elections during the past four years that brought leaders like Trump, Duterte and most recently Brazil’s Bolsonaro.
The United Kingdom leaving the European Union through the “Brexit” vote was surely populist. France’s Emmanuel Macron was its first president in decades that didn’t come from the two main political parties. Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras is from the Syriza Party that translates as “Coalition of the Radical Left,” which sounds rather “populist.”
Giuseppe Conte in Italy was elected through a coalition of the “Five Star Movement”— founded by popular comedian Beppe Grillo—and the Lega Nord, which at one time advocated that the northern part of Italy secede from the rest of the country.
The term “globalism” is used by political scientists to describe “attempts to understand all the interconnections of the modern world—and to highlight patterns that underlie [and explain] them.”
The above-mentioned article goes on to read, “The global public favors cooperation between nations according to a poll of 10,000 people in every region of the world.” Further, “People in Southeast Asia and Africa were the strongest believers in countries working together, with 88 percent saying it’s extremely or very important.”
However, this is an age that was sort of predicted by George Orwell in his book 1984, which begins with the motto of the fictional nation Oceania: “War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength,” a world where words are twisted to mean something that they are not supposed to mean.
The term “globalist” has come to mean not someone who promotes the beneficial good-neighbor policies as in Southeast Asia—except of course for China. Instead, it is someone who strongly believes more in a unified global government if not that, ultimately, all borders and nations should be dissolved, resulting in one world government. Of course, this government should be owned and operated by the global elite of the rich and powerful. It would be like those who attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, every year.
Anyone can join the WEF for a membership fee of $52,000 and an admission charge of $19,000. But don’t call them; they will call you if they think you should be part of the group. The WEF prefers the global elite group of bankers, industrialists, oligarchs, technocrats and politicians.
You cannot blame them though. It takes a special group of people—that certainly does not include you or me—to achieve the WEF goal of “Improving the State of The World.”
This year, President Donald J. Trump did not attend due to the US government being shut down without a budget. French President Emmanuel Macron was also absent, dealing with 10 weeks of riots in the streets by the “Yellow Vests,” a populist movement. British Prime Minister Theresa May also pulled out because the popular vote in favor of “Brexit” is not appreciated by the globalists.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame—in office since 2000—spoke at the forum. He is a Clinton Global Citizen Award winner, although he did change the nation’s constitution to stay in office until 2034. He has been described as Africa’s most impressive and most
repressive leader.
But as the survey told us, we the people actually favor globalism over populism no matter what happens in the voting booth. We can certainly believe the results of the opinion survey. It was bought and paid for by the World Economic Forum.
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