A few years ago, the slogan, "You'll own nothing. And you'll be happy" by the year 2030, became emblematic of the World Economic Forum (WEF). In 2023, an article called "Our Alliance is creating smart city governance" published on the WEF website highlights how the so-called 2030 agenda aims to further change the way we think and develop.
The article argued that "local and regional governments will need to ensure the application of technology promotes human rights through equitable public service provision; putting our communities and planet first. The G20 Smart Cities Alliance is an important mechanism to help facilitate this transformation, bringing together a critical network of partners to collectively address and mitigate future crises."
In the words of Danish MP Ida Auken in 2016, this plan was already being executed: "Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, I have no privacy, and life has never been better."
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
Many of the forum's recommendations contradict their practices. Leaders have been seen arriving in private jets, using cars that consume large amounts of fuel, eating meat-rich diets, among many other things. "Totally ironic," noted Maria Lang, cryptocurrency market analyst at Investing.
You will not have private vehicles
The organization called last year for reducing private vehicle ownership to advance its green agenda, as the transition to renewables will require large supplies of metals such as cobalt, lithium and nickel. One of the proposals to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is to curb private vehicles.
At this year's meeting, a number of leaders spoke out against fossil fuels. Former Vice President Al Gore asserted that anything "anti-climate" should be defunded and said the WEF and its global affiliates need to "rein in" the fossil fuel industry's harmful activities.
DAVOS WATCH: Al Gore goes on an anti fossil fuel rant claiming anything "anti climate" needs to be defunded
He proclaims the WEF and it's global affiliates need to "reign in" the anti climate activities of the fossil industry #wef23 pic.twitter.com/LAlfkSC6AY
- Drew Hernandez (@DrewHLive) January 17, 2023
The comment is ironic given the means of transportation used every year by leaders to travel to the forum. The more than 1,000 private jets which are used to arrive to the forum generate the CO2 equivalent of 350,000 cars.
"The rich and powerful are swarming to Davos to discuss climate and inequality behind closed doors using the most unequal and polluting form of transport: private jets," Klara Maria Schenk, transport campaigner for Greenpeace's European mobility campaign, told Politics.
The private jets that transported world leaders during the last meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland) emitted an amount of carbon dioxide equivalent to that produced by 350,000 cars, according to Greenpeace.https://t.co/oCNwlXc21h pic.twitter.com/nAstaWCf1y
- EFE News (@EFEnoticias) January 13, 2023
Caravans of forum attendees were also seen in gas-guzzling SUVs.
▪️Over 2,500 delegates.
▪️Over 1,000 private jets.
▪️MotorcadesYes, it's the annual WEF Davos jamboree of hypocrisy where a bunch of e̴l̴i̴t̴e̴s̴ / parasites preach to us plebs about saving the planet and use virtue as a smokescreen for their own greed. pic.twitter.com/MLL97DfFFz
- James Melville (@JamesMelville) January 13, 2023
You will not eat meat; you will eat insects
"The consumption of insects can offset climate change in many ways": zero pounds of meat and zero pounds of dairy consumed per year per person is one of the goals the forum hopes is achieved by 2030.
We switched from meat to insects because they are "part of a virtuous eco-cycle," "they require less care and upkeep than livestock" and because we are "running out of protein." The WEF argues that "the environmental impact of the feed used in the raising of these animals... produces approximately 45% of greenhouse gas emissions."
However, despite saying that the world must change the way it eats, Zero Hedge added in its own article that one of the biggest hypocrisies of the World Economic Forum is always the food eaten by the attendees:
The 5-star menu at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference or any Davos shindig shows us that soy burgers and bugs are not on the menu. They - the globalist elites - are busy reimagining your future while their dining offerings include more carbon-intensive red-blooded delicacies available: high-grade Scottish haggis, venison, sounds delicious.
While speaking at a forum on problems with the safety of food in Africa, journalists were offered a welcome reception at which wine and hors d'oeuvres were served, according to Andrew Lawton, an attending journalist in Davos:
The World Economic Forum hosted journalists for a media welcome reception tonight, serving wine and hors d'œuvres while Idris and Sabrina Dhowre Elba and UN IFAD president Alvaro Lario spoke about food insecurity in Africa. pic.twitter.com/RXk94J4qsj
- Andrew Lawton (@AndrewLawton) January 16, 2023
You will rent your next outfit
"Changes ahead to how you'll buy, use and sell clothes in a circular economy," is the WEF' s prediction of how we will dress:
The circular economy will reshape the apparel industry. In the circular economy, products are designed and sold in such a way that they are used for longer and can maintain their value for longer. Here are some of the changes you can expect and the impact they’ll have.
The idea is that people will buy fewer clothes and wear more second-hand items, as "producing clothes requires a huge amount of water, energy and chemicals. ... It takes between 4,000 liters to 10,000 liters of water to produce a pair of jeans. That's about the amount the average person would drink for five years."
10,000 liters of water are needed to make a single pair of jeans.
By shopping 2nd-hand, buying eco-friendly clothes & donating what you no longer use, you can reduce the environmental impact of your 👖& protect our 🌎. https://t.co/X0Shwfcd3n #ActNow pic.twitter.com/S6Vt95woqb
- United Nations (@UN) August 10, 2019
However, leaders attending the forum are not seen wearing second-hand or used clothing. U.S. climate envoy John Kerry was not seen wearing sustainably designed clothing as he spoke about the "select group of human beings" attending the forum who want to "save the planet."
United States climate envoy John Kerry tells the World Economic Forum that the "select group of human beings" in Davos are talking about "saving the planet," even if that sounds "crazy, tree-hugging, leftie, liberal do-gooder." pic.twitter.com/mfWDwDxQGA
- Andrew Lawton (@AndrewLawton) January 17, 2023
