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Elon Musk Mocks WEF as Global Elite Gather in Davos

https://www.theepochtimes.com/elon-musk-mocks-global-elite-gathering-in-davos_4989442.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aztvWxRKqDQ
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1614789657925124096
https://www.younggloballeaders.org/
https://twitter.com/wef/status/808328302213689344
https://web.archive.org/web/20200919105141/https:/www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/11/shopping-i-can-t-really-remember-what-that-is

By Liam Cosgrove

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to his newly acquired social media platform
over the weekend to make a series of quips aimed at the global
organization, the World Economic Forum (WEF).

The WEF’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland—which features a host
of international leaders, central bankers, Wall Street executives, and
celebrities—began on Monday and will continue throughout the week.

“I guess there’s value to having a mixed government & commercial forum
of some kind. WEF does kinda give me the willies though, but I’m sure
everything is fine…” Musk said via Twitter on Sunday evening,
responding to a Substack article co-written by independent journalists
Michael Shellenberger and Izabella Kaminska.

The WEF has been the subject of considerable scorn and criticism for
its 2016 ad campaign, which stated, “Welcome to 2030. I own nothing,
have no privacy, and life has never been better.”

Many took issue with the organization’s attempt to frame a lack of
personal ownership and privacy as a positive.

Initially accompanied by a promotional video and several articles,
much of the campaign’s content has since been removed from the web. A
tweet by the WEF remains up, however.

    Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has
never been better @IdaAuken https://t.co/6BKymvbKB5
pic.twitter.com/YJjAkw8skS

    — World Economic Forum (@wef) December 12, 2016

In their article, Shellenberger and Kaminska called out WEF Managing
Director Adrian Monck, who blamed the uproar surrounding the ad on the
right-wing message board 4chan.

Monck penned an opinion piece in the Canadian outlet The Globe and
Mail last August, calling the backlash a “misinformation campaign that
targeted the World Economic Forum.”

“The story of ‘you’ll own nothing and be happy’ is anything but
trivial and offers valuable insights into how misinformation is
created and why it’s essential not to perpetuate its spread,” Monck
wrote, adding that many criticisms were racist and anti-semitic.

Shellenberger and Kamiska, linking to the now-deleted WEF content,
refuted Monck’s claims. “What Monck claimed was inaccurate. The phrase
‘Own nothing, be happy,’ hadn’t originated on 4chan; it originated on
WEF’s website,” they wrote.

Musk continued to crack jokes about the organization. “There should be
a game show: “4Chan or Davos, who said it?” he said via Twitter on
Monday afternoon.
Allegiance to ESG

The authors also highlighted the organizations’ lack of transparency
and declared commitment to the environmental, social, and governance
(ESG) agenda. The WEF is outspoken in its allegiance to the ESG
movement.

“Recent events have only increased the business world’s focus on ESG,”
reads a statement from the WEF website. “Worker wellness has become a
major concern during the COVID-19 pandemic; social justice protests
have drawn attention to gaps in diversity, equity, and inclusion; and
the impacts of climate change and the importance of environmental
sustainability are becoming harder, if not impossible, to ignore.”

Despite founding the world’s largest electric vehicle company, Musk is
not a fan of ESG.

“The S in ESG stands for Satanic,” tweeted Musk in response. It is not
the billionaire’s first comparison of this nature, he referred to the
movement as “the devil” back in November.
Elon Musk Tesla CEO Elon Musk gives interviews as he arrives at the
Offshore Northern Seas 2022 (ONS) meeting in Stavanger, Norway, on
Aug. 29, 2022. (Carina Johansen/NTB/AFP via Getty Images)
Declined WEF Invite

In 2008, WEF listed Musk among its “Young Global Leaders” — which the
organization classifies as a “membership” program — though it is
unclear whether Musk participated in this arrangement. “I was invited
to WEF, but declined,” he said via Twitter in December, responding to
allegations that he had a relationship with the international group.

The Twitter CEO also responded to a video, featuring a speech by WEF
founder Klaus Schwab, in which Schwab warns that a global cyberattack
could disrupt supply chains and make the COVID-19 crisis look like “a
small disturbance” in comparison.

The WEF founder warned that such an attack “would bring a complete
halt to the power supply, transportation, hospital services, our
society as a whole.”

Accompanied by daunting music and provocative imagery, the cinematic
clip caught the attention of Musk. “This movie writes itself,” Musk
responded with a popcorn emoji.

    This movie writes itself🍿

    — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 16, 2023

Schellenberger emphasized that Schwab is more than a figurehead.
“Schwab has become, without question, one of the most influential men
alive,” tweeted the journalist while promoting his article.

Schwab has been criticized for his book COVID-19: The Great Reset,
which advocated for governments around the globe to use the pandemic
as an opportunity to “reimagine capitalism.”

The WEF has also been heavily criticized for promoting insects as a
potential dietary source. A February article by the organization
titled “5 reasons why eating insects could reduce climate change”
attempts to dispel commonly held stigmas about eating bugs.

“Before you say ‘yuck,’ hear us out,” the article reads.