Putin presenting from Russia. This WEF Conference was all or mostly done remotely and virtually due to Cov-19
Posted on 10/06/2023 9:32:39 AM PDT by dennisw
The Russian President Vladimir Putin made a Keynote Address at the World Economic Forum yesterday, criticizing the growing influence of U.S. social media companies saying that their impact on society now puts them in competition with elected governments.
Putin’s virtual address, was his first to the WEF since 2009. The full (is at source) transcription is as follows:
President of Russia Vladimir Putin:
“Mr. Schwab, dear Klaus, Colleagues,
I have been to Davos many times, attending the events organized by Mr. Schwab, even back in the 1990s. Klaus just recalled that we met in 1992. Indeed, during my time in St Petersburg, I visited this important forum many times. I would like to thank you for this opportunity today to convey my point of view to the expert community that gathers at this world-renowned platform thanks to the efforts of Mr. Schwab.
First of all, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to greet all the World Economic Forum participants.
It is gratifying that this year, despite the pandemic, despite all the restrictions, the forum is still continuing its work. Although it is limited to online participation, the forum is taking place anyway, providing an opportunity for participants to exchange their assessments and forecasts during an open and free discussion, partially compensating for the increasing lack of in-person meetings between leaders of states, representatives of international business and the public in recent months. All this is very important now when we have so many difficult questions to answer.
The current forum is the first one in the beginning of the third decade of the 21st century and, naturally, the majority of its topics are devoted to the profound changes that are taking place in the world.
Indeed, it is difficult to overlook the fundamental changes in the global economy, politics, social life, and technology. The coronavirus pandemic, which Klaus just mentioned, which became a serious challenge for humankind, only spurred and accelerated the structural changes, the conditions for which had been created long ago. The pandemic has exacerbated the problems and imbalances that built up in the world before. There is every reason to believe that differences are likely to grow stronger. These trends may appear practically in all areas.
Needless to say, there are no direct parallels in history. However, some experts – and I respect their opinion – compare the current situation to the 1930s. One can agree or disagree, but certain analogies are still suggested by many parameters, including the comprehensive, systemic nature of the challenges and potential threats.
We are seeing a crisis of the previous models and instruments of economic development. Social stratification is growing stronger both globally and in individual countries. We have spoken about this before as well. But this, in turn, is causing today a sharp polarization of public views, provoking the growth of populism, right- and left-wing radicalism and other extremes, and the exacerbation of domestic political processes including in the leading countries.
All this is inevitably affecting the nature of international relations and is not making them more stable or predictable. International institutions are becoming weaker, regional conflicts are emerging one after another, and the system of global security is deteriorating.
Klaus has mentioned the conversation I had yesterday with the US President on extending the New START. This is, without a doubt, a step in the right direction. Nevertheless, the differences are leading to a downward spiral. As you are aware, the inability and unwillingness to find substantive solutions to problems like this in the 20th century led to the WWII catastrophe.
Of course, such a heated global conflict is impossible in principle, I hope. This is what I am pinning my hopes on, because this would be the end of humanity. However, as I have said, the situation could take an unexpected and uncontrollable turn – unless we do something to prevent this. There is a chance that we will face a formidable break-down in global development, which will be fraught with a war of all against all and attempts to deal with contradictions through the appointment of internal and external enemies and the destruction of not only traditional values such as the family, which we hold dear in Russia, but fundamental freedoms such as the right of choice and privacy.
I would like to point out the negative demographic consequences of the ongoing social crisis and the crisis of values, which could result in humanity losing entire civilizational and cultural continents.
We have a shared responsibility to prevent this scenario, which looks like a grim dystopia, and to ensure instead that our development takes a different trajectory – positive, harmonious, and creative.
In this context, I would like to speak in more detail about the main challenges which, I believe, the international community is facing.
The first one is socioeconomic.
Indeed, judging by the statistics, even despite the deep crises in 2008 and 2020, the last 40 years can be referred to as successful or even super successful for the global economy. Starting from 1980, global per capita GDP has doubled in terms of real purchasing power parity. This is definitely a positive indicator.
Globalization and domestic growth have led to strong growth in developing countries and lifted over a billion people out of poverty. So, if we take an income level of $5.50 per person per day (in terms of PPP) then, according to the World Bank, in China, for example, the number of people with lower incomes went from 1.1 billion in 1990 down to less than 300 million in recent years. This is definitely China’s success. In Russia, this number went from 64 million people in 1999 to about 5 million now. We believe this is also progress in our country, and in the most important area, by the way.
Still, the main question, the answer to which can, in many respects, provide a clue to today’s problems, is what was the nature of this global growth and who benefitted from it most.
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Putin presenting from Russia. This WEF Conference was all or mostly done remotely and virtually due to Cov-19
Yep, Putin now knows that he was an IDIOT thinking that the Globalists wanted to work with Russia, rather than destroy it.
Ping for later response
Nahhh.. This is Putin working both sides of the street like a common hooker. He's working the WEF, a few months before he invaded Ukraine. Your big anti-GloboHomo leader has been to Davos many times for WEF conferences. He says so right in this speech. He says he has known Klaus Schwab since 1992.
“Nahhh.. This is Putin working both sides of the street like a common hooker.”
Ok, please post a future article when Putin goes back to the WEF (but I won’t hold my breath).
The problem is that Putin is a chess player and Biden likely can’t play checkers or even Tic-tac-toe. This cannot end well for the woke West while we have idiots in charge.
I'll be shattered. Really.
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I read the speech. So much for Putin being a war monger. Except for a few comments With that speech he could be running for the US Senate. 😆
Vlad ❤️ Klaus
“Ok, please post a future article when Putin goes back to the WEF (but I won’t hold my breath).”
How the hell can he post a future article when such an article would be...well, in the FUTURE (i.e., it hasn’t even been created)?
So, are Biden & Zelenskyy your beloved Global Homo & Trans Heroes, douche-canoe?
“I read the speech. So much for Putin being a war monger.”
Vlad is only a warmonger in real life when he invades Georgia and Crimea. Then he invades Ukraine. Sending his prime troops to Kiev, in a decapitation strike. In an effort to take over all Ukraine within a week or two. This is why he called his war a “Special Operation”
Is Vlad still fit to lead the anti-GloboHomos? Like you and Bob?
Yes, to believe the delusion that Putin just discovered that the WEF was his enemy after this speech, but before the Ukraine invasion, one must dispense with all the silly arguments that “the West started this conflict in 2014”, etc.
If they did, then Putin must have been completely unaware of that for 7 years! But some people have no problem holding such completely contradictory ideas in their minds without their brains exploding.
“So much for Putin being a war monger. Except for a few comments”
Right, because we judge whether someone is a war monger based on their pretty words, rather than the fact that they keep invading other countries without cause.
Obviously -— We have seen here for a long time, FReepers who can find justifications for Putin’s invasions and other actions.
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