The Global Elite: Who are they?

There are two common misconceptions held by those who are critical of
globalism.

The first error is that there is a very small group of people who
secretly run the world with all-powerful and unrestrained dictatorial
powers. The second error is that there is a large amorphous and secret
organization that runs the world. In both cases, the use of the word
“they” becomes the culprit for all our troubles, whoever “they” might
be. If taxes go up, it is “they” that did it. If the stock market goes
down, “they” are to blame. Of course, nobody really knows who “they”
are so a few figureheads (people or organizations) are often made out
to be the scapegoats.

Depending on a person's politics and philosophy, the scapegoats could
be the U.S. President, the ACLU, the Ford Foundation, or Vladimir
Putin. The point is, the real power structure is not correctely
defined, and thus escapes exposure.

These misconceptions are understandable because when things are wrong,
we all have a driving need to know who to blame! In some cases, elitist
slight-of-hand initiates and then perpetuates false assumptions.

This writer has never been accused of charging that all large
corporations are guilty of initiating and perpetuating globalization.
There are many businesses, including banks, who are led by moral,
ethical and good-hearted businessmen or businesswomen. Just because a
company might touch globalism does not mean it and its management or
employees are evil.

Every bit of thirty-five years of research indicates that there is a
relatively small yet diverse group of global players who have been the
planners and instigators behind globalization for many decades. The
primary driving force that moves this “clique” is greed; the secondary
force is the lust for power. In the case of the academics who are key
to globalism, a third force is professional recognition and acceptance
(a subtle form of egoism and power.)

It is also important to understand that core globalists have full
understanding of their goals, plans and actions. They are not
dimwitted, ignorant, missinformed or naive.

The global elite march in three essential columns: Corporate, Political
and Academic. For the sake of clarity, these names will be used herein
to refer to these three groups.

In general, the goals for globalism are created by Corporate. Academic
then provides studies and white papers that justify Corporate's goals.
Political sells Academic's arguments to the public and if necessary,
changes laws to accommodate and facilitate Corporate in getting what it
wants.
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