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Daniel Hannan Exposes Davos' Narcissistic Corporatist Racketeering

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Excerpted from Capx's Daniel Hannan's Davos Is A Corporatist Racket,

Davos Man... derives most of his income, directly or indirectly, from state patronage. If he is in the private sector – and he is more likely to be a lobbyist, politician or bureaucrat than a businessman – he’ll be an instinctive monopolist, keen to persuade ministers and officials to raise barriers against his potential rivals.

 

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Davos is a place where powerful people pick up consultancies and directorships and international posts. Left-wingers rightly resent this. What they see, in Marxist terms, is a gang of rentiers coming together to devise new means to live off the sweat of the workers.

 

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“The stability of the global economy” is a much prettier phrase than “a juicy public sector post for me”.

 

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It’s like an Ayn Rand novel, where lobbyists reach cosy arrangements with each other in elliptical language. Remember the way she described members of a company board? “Men whose careers depended on keeping their faces bland, their remarks inconclusive and their clothes immaculate”. That’s Davos.

Read the rest of Hannan's all-too-honest myth-busting expose here...

 

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Thu, 01/22/2015 - 14:51 | 5693116 NotApplicable
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Amen!

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:01 | 5693156 Looney
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Hiroshima was nuked, as we were told, to keep the death toll down.

This is a good enough reason to nuke Davos. How many people have died and will die because of all those world-rulling cunts?

Looney

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:09 | 5693182 outamyeffinway
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Ask them if they're embarrassed or ashamed.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:37 | 5693316 nuubee
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Kiling them solves nothing. If there's one thing humanity's good at, it's raising psychos.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:40 | 5693330 PartysOver
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I think I have a Man Crush on Daniel

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 16:17 | 5693495 lordbyroniv
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homo

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:40 | 5693338 ebworthen
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My thoughts exactly; death is the only thing that will stop them.

 “Men whose careers depended on keeping their faces bland, their remarks inconclusive and their clothes immaculate”.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 18:20 | 5693973 SmittyinLA
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You'd get more bang for the buck hitting the glaciers above Davos, preferably during a blizzard. 

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:39 | 5693326 ZH Snob
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although it sure is tempting to jump aboard this wagon, the truth is most of these leeches are corporate welfare queens who want no such post.  that would mean having to do something besides baby-sitting their investments.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 14:55 | 5693118 Zirpedge
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Where is Hunter S. Thompson when you need him to describe the burning man of crony-capitalism that is Davos.

“Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas ... with the music at top volume and at least a pint of ether.” 

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:02 | 5693158 Buckaroo Banzai
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"There is nothing more helpless and irresponsible than a man in the depths of an ether binge." -- Hunter S. Thompson

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 16:09 | 5693456 MisterMousePotato
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His description of filling the tires on the El Dorado made me laugh out loud. Still does when I think of it.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 19:29 | 5694054 Fíréan
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The Cadillac was a white 1970 Cadillac Fleetwood DeVille convertible, (and the Big Red Shark was a 1971 Chevrolet Impala convertible).

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kWU1ZzXG-Lg/UvJ-EzpsI7I/AAAAAAAAFVI/xj4_sMCCED...

edit : (picture copyright 1971 HST Archives. )

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 16:11 | 5693459 JRobby
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My bad, it was right in front of me for months! Ether! I understand why you post the way you do finally!

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 14:52 | 5693119 The Carbonator
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When I first read about Davos many moons ago...I was appaled.

 

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."  OB1

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 14:57 | 5693143 SethDealer
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hope everyone gets a free coo coo clock

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 14:57 | 5693144 Dr. Engali
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Nuke the entire site from orbit........, it's the only way to be sure.

 

 

http://youtu.be/aCbfMkh940Q

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:02 | 5693164 Down to Earth T...
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the world would certianly be a better place. Although no need to nuke there are less devastating ways to do the same thing. Catching them all in one covey would be a God send !  

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 16:04 | 5693424 booboo
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Well, there they are, one nice covey. Yet they are as safe as there were nested in their mothers womb. They are there because they they are all seed boys. Born again of the seed of the serpent, untouchable in this world but woe unto their sorry ass in the world to come. They all know it too.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 18:18 | 5693962 Not Goldman Sachs
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Pssss, don't tell ISIS there are a bunch of Mohammed "printers" all in one location.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 14:58 | 5693148 Bill of Rights
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State of the Union was President Obama's lowest-rated yet

http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/21/media/obama-state-of-the-union-lowest-ra...

 

Gee Ya think? maybe people are sick and tired of being lied to... This reminds me of all the sports nuts running around talking about deflated footballs. Imagine if all these same people took the same time to read the Constitution of the United States or the Bill of Right for that matter, what a thriving Country we would be.

 

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 14:59 | 5693151 Buckaroo Banzai
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The "Magic Negro" is losing just a little of his magic.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:06 | 5693171 Down to Earth T...
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Ah yes , the "magic negro"  Pleeeeeeeeeeease ya no dat aint right ! 

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 18:24 | 5693983 SmittyinLA
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Dictators don't care about ratings, only the appearance of ratings. 

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:02 | 5693159 A_latvian
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"left-wingers"?  I don't think that term means what you think it means.  The Davos group is comprised of 100% socialist left who believe in using things like "climate change" and "wealth inequality" to advance the power of the state through crony-capitalism.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:07 | 5693174 Dr. Richard Head
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Mitt Money is "one of those Republicans that believes in Global Warming/Climate Change/Carbon taxes"

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:12 | 5693199 Dr. Engali
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Well Obama care is really Mittcare, so what does that tell you about these ass clowns and their "different" ideologies?  

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:16 | 5693208 czarangelus
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Heh that was the idea from the get-go. If somehow America had elected My Favorite Martian, we would have gotten Obamacare under a different name, with the Democrats howling that it was a big corporate giveaway but then voting against it just enough for it to pass. That's why they chose Romney to run against Obama; no one on this planet thought he was the man best suited for the task.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 18:01 | 5693901 SmittyinLA
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Both Mitt and Bush hired that weasel Gruber 

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 17:57 | 5693891 SmittyinLA
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Mitt aint the only one*  http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm...

* a majority of Republicans already passed carbon taxes a month ago 

 

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:09 | 5693181 El Vaquero
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They aren't even socalists.  They are whores who will subscribe to whatever "ism" will bring them more wealth and more power. 

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:22 | 5693245 Fun Facts
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"They aren't even socalists. They are whores who will subscribe to whatever "ism" will bring them more wealth and more power"

ism of zion

Catch them at the next stop on their tour, Bilderberg 2015, followed by a depraved pedophile party at the bohemian grove,
then back to their seats in all the halls of power and control over all of us.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:12 | 5693191 disabledvet
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This is so true I simply laugh at the financial media all cuckoo for co-co puffs over the thing.

 

These are ALL Central Planners.

 

NONE have ever run an enterprise of any great size or sophistication.

 

They are....

"The masters

of The Masters...

Of The Universe!"

 

Sad really.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 18:03 | 5693910 DaveA
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Leftists aren't opposed to Davos Socialism per se, they're just angry that they aren't getting a cut of it. Big Socialists try to appease Little Socialists by donating to various non-profit organizations, but they can't afford to give everyone a make-work job.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 18:59 | 5694135 calltoaccount
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you say: "to advance the power of the state through crony-capitalism."

 

but you've swallowed too much prop and got it backwards.

the overriding purpose is to advance the power and wealth of crony-capitalists by making the state its bitch.  and they have likely exceeded their own expectations in that regard.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:07 | 5693170 franzpick
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(OT: Crude LoD $45.94, being Dragh'd down toward a new 5.5 year low $1.50 away. Fix this Davos.):

http://www.investing.com/commodities/crude-oil-advanced-chart

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:15 | 5693203 disabledvet
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THIS IS NOT PART OF THE PLAN AND MUST CEASE AND DESIST IMMEDIATELY!

 

WHERE IS MY VIG!

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:20 | 5693206 Soul Glow
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They are going to weaken the euro, even though it is trading cheaply already.  You would think like the swiss they would move to strengthen and buy oil cheaply, but then the dollar wouldn't have the fuel it does to lower gas prices.  The lower gas price is puting shale plays out of business which shows what is good for the dollar is not always good for jobs in America.

The strong dollar, stocks near highs, the US has everything going for it.  But it's easy to fall down a mountain, much easier than the climb up.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:08 | 5693179 Felix da Kat
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These moneyed-elites subscribe to a type of economic fascism. It's a quasi-religion they all share. They are looking for ways to entrench not only their great wealth, but also ways to further solidify the status quo. Davos is their great cathedral. They go to sermons; they go to Keynesian bible-studies, they break off into study groups to devise ways to scheme and manipulate the masses into greater acceptance of their Kool-aid. This non-sense, this madness, will not and cannot end unless some entity figures out how to stop it.  

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:24 | 5693261 Antifaschistische
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And we have created them...as we have sheepishly accepted every tax hike over the past 80 years.   Incrementally giving them more and more power, until now, there is no turning back.  They have too much money, too much power, and too many weapons.   It is sad...only a revolution will reset things now.   

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:10 | 5693185 Soul Glow
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DAVOS MAN - He is a duchebag of the worst kind.  He is moar than a duchebag, he is evil, whorshipping pain on all humanity and nature.  Pain on all things other than itself.  The Greatest Duchebag - DAVOS MAN.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:18 | 5693217 yogibear
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Imagine if a rouge country cruise missiled Davos.

It would be more significant than the world trade center.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:18 | 5693223 Inthemix96
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Mr Hannan is very nicely spoken, very well articulated, old English cunt.

He talks the talk, put fails to live up the expectations of those that vote for him.  The man is a fucking fraud, a very well spoken fraud none the less.  He takes the EU coin while spewing the rhetoric against the very foundation which allows him to live the lifestyle he thinks he is accustomed, and entitled to.  The man is nothing more than a snake oil salesman, telling you soothing words that imbibe in your mind, all the while taking the money from the corruption pit he so desperately 'Fights Against'.

And this fucking idiot expects you to believe him, yet again proving my point that nothing you ever knew was even near the truth, its all a fucking lie, and this well spoken cunt proves beyond reasonable doubt that he thinks you believe his utter fucking cuntish shit that spews fourth from his over-privileged mouth.

They are all cunts.  Period.  There is no political solution to our numerous problems, and listening to well spoken cunts like this will get you further back than where you started.

Cunts

;-)

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 16:51 | 5693641 Monty Burns
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He's a hypocrite alright.  Constantly praising London's diversity but when the vibrants started moving into his hitherto all-White street he hightailed it out to the suburbs.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 17:44 | 5693847 Anusocracy
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Accepting diversity and believing in voluntary interaction are two separate things.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:23 | 5693252 homebody
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No worries - we are saved by Clinton or Bush.  I am moving deeper into the forest.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:26 | 5693268 LawsofPhysics
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And nothing changes until the workers start taking heads...

same as it ever was.

 

Turns out humanity hasn't really evolved after all.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:39 | 5693322 homebody
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But things will change when food and electricity are gone.  Next to WW III these are maybe the only conditions that can reset this Babylon.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:47 | 5693364 TrustbutVerify
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What they see, in Marxist terms, is a gang of rentiers coming together to devise new means to live off the sweat of the workers.

 

Isn't the above statement the essence of Marxism, and other political religions? 

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 17:37 | 5693806 trader1
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which is why Marx predicted the proletariat would ultimately revolt against the rentier class and create a better world for themselves and everyone around them.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 15:59 | 5693400 john milton
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all flying there with private jets to talk about reducing co2 emissions or carless cities

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 16:06 | 5693433 JRobby
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"It’s like an Ayn Rand novel, where lobbyists reach cosy arrangements with each other in elliptical language. Remember the way she described members of a company board? “Men whose careers depended on keeping their faces bland, their remarks inconclusive and their clothes immaculate”. That’s Davos."

I prefer this description myself: 

LAST WORDS

Listen to my last words anywhere. Listen to my last words any world. Listen all you boards syndicates and governments of the earth. And you powers behind what filth deals consummated in what lavatory to take what is not yours. To sell the ground from unborn feet forever –

 "Don’t let them see us. Don’t tell them what we are doing –"

 Are these the words of the all-powerful boards and syndicates of the earth?

 "For God’s sake don't let that Coca-Cola thing out –"

 "Not The Cancer Deal with The Venusians –"

 "Not the Green Deal – Don’t show them that –"

 "Not the Orgasm Death –"

 "Not the ovens –"

 Listen: I call you all. Show your cards all players. Pay it all pay it all pay it all back. Play it all pay it all play it all back. For all to see. In Times Square. In Piccadilly.

 "Premature. Premature. Give us a little more time."

 Time for what? More lies? Premature? Premature for who? I say to all these words are not premature. Thesewords may be too late. Minutes to go. Minutes to foe goal -

 "Top Secret - Classified - For The Board - The Elite - The Initiates – "

 Are these the words of the all-powerful boards and syndicates of the earth? These are the words of liars cowards collaborators traitors. Liars who want time for more lies, Cowards who can not face your "dogs" your "gooks" your "errand boys" your "human animals" with the truth, Collaborators with Insect People with Vegetable People. With any people anywhere who offer you a body forever. To shit forever. For this you have sold out your sons. Sold the ground from unborn feet forever. Traitors to all souls everywhere. You want the name of Hassan i Sabbah on your filth deeds to sell out the unborn?

 What scared you all into time? Into body? Into shit? I will tell you: “the word”. Alien Word “the”. “The” word of Alien Enemy imprisons “thee” in Time. In Body. In Shit.

William S. Burroughs

 

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 16:12 | 5693457 The Econ Ideal
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Put into perspective: The primary problem is worldwide financial repression in the form of state sanctioned manipulation of money (currencies) and credit, benefitting special interests. 

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 16:17 | 5693484 clade7
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You had me at:  'Daryl Hannah Exposes Racks' 

damn that speed reading class I took!

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 17:31 | 5693800 goldhedge
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They even have Pedos there.

Kill 'em all

 

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 17:53 | 5693875 SmittyinLA
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I wonder if th0ose Epstein girls got to go to Davos or did the the billionaire teen girls club eat local?

 

 

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 18:26 | 5693992 Iam Yue2
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And the tame and compliant world's media, on theirs six figure salaries, fight it out to wipe their fat asses.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 18:43 | 5694073 SubjectivObject
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Short of newkenem, is there a repository of the attendees names for posterity's reference?

Not just the big names, but all the little naymes too.

Thu, 01/22/2015 - 19:15 | 5694185 smacker
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Dan Hannan: "when it comes to free markets, Davos Man is often on the same side as the Lefties. He derives most of his income, directly or indirectly, from state patronage. If he is in the private sector – and he is more likely to be a lobbyist, politician or bureaucrat than a businessman – he’ll be an instinctive monopolist, keen to persuade ministers and officials to raise barriers against his potential rivals."

This is a neat explanation of what we have today - corporatism - that Davos man represents.

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