A little over a month ago, the annual Davos summit was held, and when I read about what was discussed there, I began to have very serious doubts about the usefulness of this type of meeting.

I believe that speaking and dialogue is always positive, but what does not seem acceptable or decent to me is to see some rich and powerful people telling us how much they care about the current future of humanity, when they are one of the most responsible for what is happening.

It is they, with their money, their influence and their personal interests, who have delayed decision-making to prevent climate change in which we are involved, and who have benefited the most from the world monetary policies of recent years. Among other things, because they made them themselves.

According to data presented by Oxfam at the Davos summit, the richest 1% in the world have achieved two thirds of all the wealth generated in the last two years. And quite a few of those people come to Davos to tell us how much they care about the well-being of the world. In short, how good they are and how much they care for us.

The question that arises to me is: Will they themselves believe what they say?

I think that Davos has become a kind of annual "circus" where a few rich and powerful reflect in public on the most burning issues of humanity, when they and others like them are the cause of what is happening to us, and also they are also the ones who benefit the most from the wealth that is generated throughout the world.

As I said at the beginning of my reflection, dialogue is never bad, but in this life actions count more than words. And today reality tells us that social inequalities continue to increase, and those who are in Davos are one of those who benefit the most from it.

When a big company wants to make more profit than it already has, it fires a part of its workforce and that makes its stock value go up on Wall Street, and those in Davos benefit from it.

In the immediate future they predict more political and economic instability, greater risks, more conflicts and more frequent environmental disasters. And rest assured that they are going to be the ones who will benefit the most from all this.

We must be grateful that some people and organizations (Oxfam and others) have attended the events to express the reality that the world is suffering and ask them to stop talking and to act for the good of all, something that I am almost sure they won’t.

In short, it bothers me a lot that they take me for being dumber than I am.

By Amador Palacios

Reflections of Amador Palacios on topics of Social and Technological News; other opinions different from mine are welcome

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