The Associated Press reports:
When some of the world’s wealthiest and most influential figures gathered at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting last year, sessions on climate change drew high-level discussions on topics such as carbon financing and sustainable food systems.
But an entirely different narrative played out on the internet, where social media users claimed leaders wanted to force the population to eat insects instead of meat in the name of saving the environment.
The annual event in the Swiss ski resort town of Davos, which opens Monday, has increasingly become a target of bizarre claims from a growing chorus of commentators who believe the forum involves a group of elites manipulating global events for their own benefit.
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As the piece notes, the event’s recent theme was “The Great Reset” – a reference to economies emerging from the COVID pandemic.
Instead, QAnon nutbags, Alex Jones, and in particular Tucker Carlson leapt upon the theme as the group’s “in plain sight” plan to forcibly install a Satanic global government. Or something. Hit the link.
The World Economic Forum, which opens Monday, is slated to take on pressing global issues. But online, it has become a target of bizarre claims from a growing chorus who believe it involves a group of elites manipulating events for their own benefit. https://t.co/SP5alEWZNE
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 16, 2023