Conspiracy thinking is the ability of consciousness to notice hidden meanings in everything, secret hints, mysterious patterns and a double bottom. A Jewish conspiracy, a Masonic conspiracy, a conspiracy of billionaires, a conspiracy of NATO members… For people who have this view of the world, the Bilderberg Club is the embodiment of a nightmare simply by the fact of its existence.
Why is the club called Bilderberg?
However, at one time there was a popular joke: even if you are paranoid, this does not mean that you are not being followed. The fact that conspiracy theorists and their eternal readiness to suspect everyone and everything is laughed at does not mean that conspiracies do not exist or cannot exist, at least as an exception to the rule. Indeed, nothing prevents people from weaving conspiracies. If a couple of deputies can agree and sit the boss, then why should members of the Bilderberg Club be deprived of this right? There is no reason to restrict their rights and freedoms.
The mysterious club owes its name to the Bilderberg Hotel, located in Holland. It was there, back in 1954, that the first meeting of the financial andthe political elite of the planet. Of course, it would be interesting to know who exactly came up with the idea to gather the most influential people on Earth in one place, and why this was done.
Facts and sources
Perhaps this meeting was planned as a one-time action, and no one was going to create a Bilderberg club. The composition of the informal conference remained unknown to the public, which is quite logical - secrecy, after all. But, despite all efforts, it is impossible to completely hide from the attention of reporters the unique concentration of celebrities in a single hotel. Therefore, at least indirectly, the information comes. Kings and directors, presidents and chancellors, bankers and prime ministers, the largest oligarchs - this is the expected composition. The Bilderberg Club unites, according to rumors, about 400 people. The exact figure given by various sources is 383 participants. Although, of course, it is curious, where does such detail come from when it comes to a closed society? These aren't factory payrolls.
This is the beauty of such a large and significant secret organization as the Bilderberg Club: the composition is unknown, what they do - it is not known what the goals are - also unknown. All the information available to the public comes from sources that are not very trustworthy and frankly smack of cheap tabloid yellowness. These same people regularly uncover communist, monopoly and even Zionist conspiracies, which is absolutely bad taste even in this environment. Where did the informants get this information? How did they get them? Why all of a suddensuch odious individuals were entrusted to tell the world about the secrets of the club? There are no answers to these questions. But the fact remains. The only data on the meetings of the mysterious organization comes from such dubious sources, which automatically discredits the very concept. After all, even the most serious problem will seem strange and far-fetched if the city madman at the metro station broadcasts about it. It's not about the content, it's about the presentation.
Research History
One of the first to talk about the mysterious club was L. Gonzalez-Math, a former CIA officer. Perhaps everything he wrote is the crystal truth. But what is the likelihood that a former CIA officer will divulge classified data? Doesn't anyone in this organization take an oath of non-disclosure? And why did the all-powerful club that rules the planet allow this book to be published? Maybe, of course, in this way the organization wanted to declare itself. But why is it done so exotically? Wouldn't it have been better to publish the memo in The Times?
David Rothkopf, Pierre and Daniel de Villemare, William Wolf - these people seem to exist in a vacuum. Historians, researchers, they are not seen in anything significant, except for writing devastating revelations of the secret society. The whole truth about Bilderberg is their main contribution to science and journalism. Again, it is possible that these are enthusiastic people who are simply not interested in everything else, fanatics of one topic. Therefore, there are no other achievements in their scientific and literary practice. Or maybe it's just dirtyresearchers speculating on a hot and, not least, completely unverifiable and by definition unproven topic.
Unfortunately, such topics are a gold mine for false researchers of all stripes, who care only about their own popularity and income.
Latest investigations
A certain Tony Gosling, who created a thematic site, and Jim Tucker, who is the editor of the American Free Press, an American newspaper of an extremely conservative persuasion, are now doing research. They rely on data received from assistants, secretaries, assistants to members of the organization. Is this data verifiable? By definition, no. Is there a high probability that this information is simply invented by either the information providers or the researchers? If, say, we take into account the fact that information about the personal life of the Queen of Britain and her family members is kept secret quite successfully, and the attendants of Buckingham Palace are not talkative, then the English monarchy could really cope with this task, but the powerful Bilderberg club? The composition of the organization does not control its subordinates so much, while easily managing the fate of the planet? There is some logical contradiction in this.
Real facts
What is the true information about the organization known as the Bilderberg Club: composition (at least in general terms, not completely and without knowing who performs what function), meeting place (only after the meeting), some enoughrare messages and statements of people who are members of the club. That, perhaps, is all.
The club has about 400 members, but not all of these people come to the meetings. Usually at meetings there are, according to various sources, from 120 to 140 people. Who exactly is unknown, the participants can tell about the fact of attending the meeting only after visiting the club. Moreover, they only mention their attendance at the meeting, and not about the topics that were discussed there.
Gatherings are held every year, usually in May or June. The meeting place changes every time. Cities and countries, hotels and castles… It is impossible to keep secret the simultaneous visit of hundreds of representatives of the world elite, but in the 4 days that the meeting lasts, no one simply has time to really scout anything. The doors behind which the mighty of this world communicate are firmly closed.
That's all. The secrets of the Bilderberg Club are kept securely by its members from prying eyes and ears.
Club Members
According to unconfirmed rumors, members of the Bilderberg Club are or at least were Bill Clinton, Margaret Thatcher, Juan Carlos I, Tony Blair, Henry Kissinger, representatives of the Rockefeller clan, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Paul Wolfowitz. As for the Rockefellers, they themselves have repeatedly confirmed the fact of involvement in the mysterious community.
Although articles periodically appear that Clinton and Margaret Thatcher lost power precisely because they refused to comply with the decisions of a secret organization, and Kennedy was so dangerous that it was accepteddecision to liquidate it.
Some representatives of the Russian political elite are also members of the Bilderberg Club. The composition of the participants in the meeting, which took place in 1997 in Turnbury, assumed the presence of Chubais, Shevtsova and Yavlinsky. At the same time, there is no confirmed information about membership in Yeltsin's club. Either he was considered untrustworthy and without real power, or Yeltsin simply did not consider it necessary to mention this side of his life.
In light of this, many are wondering what is the relationship between Bilderberg and Putin?
The connection between the Russian leader and the club
This issue is also far from clear. According to some, Putin has long been a member of the club. Hence the influence and weight on the world stage. Everything Putin does is part of a general secret plan. There is no confrontation between Russia and the West, Russia and Europe. There is a script with an unknown ending, compiled behind the closed doors of the Bilderberg Club. Any move by either Putin or Obama or other leaders is just part of one complex, mysterious performance.
But there is also an opposite point of view, according to which the Bilderberg Club and Putin are in strict opposition. The President of the Russian Federation is opposed to the plans of a secret society, and everything that is happening now is the result of an unceasing struggle. The Bilderberg Club seeks to enslave Russia, and Putin is doing everything to resist it.
True, another option is possible. Like any sane people (and only they can achieve success, especially such a significant one), the members of the club and Putinthey can talk and negotiate, come to a common decision, yielding in something, softening something, showing integrity in something. Surely, after all, each of the participants in the secret society has its own, personal interests. And he partially satisfies them, including through the influence of the club. And partly donates, refuses certain plans for the sake of agreement with other members of society. Reasonable compromise is the basis for the existence of any successful organization. Why shouldn't Putin and the Bilderberg Club engage in a mutually beneficial dialogue? It would be so natural.
Possible goals for the club
Data on the activity of the mysterious organization is equally contradictory. Of course, conspiracy theorists claim that this mysterious conglomeration of world leaders rules the world. This is quite possible, given the traditional composition of an organization such as the Bilderberg Club. Photographers captured Bill Gates, Donald Graham, Henry Kissinger, and Roger Altman.
The Balkan crisis and the fall of Milosevic, the invasion of Iraq and the rise in oil prices, the creation of a single European currency and the triumph of the US dollar - all these and many other events are blamed on members of a powerful organization. And this is also quite possible. The scale of influence of these people is such that, by joining forces, they are able to direct social processes in one direction or another. They have the power to push public opinion, talk with politicians, finance certain actions and events. Separately, such shocks can do littlechange on a global scale. But if you act in concert, for the benefit of a common goal, and even from such significant positions, then the possibilities of influence open up truly limitless. And conspiracy theorists have every reason to worry: is this the new, as yet, secret world government? Bilderberg fits that description perfectly.
There is another option, less spectacular. It suggests a banal oligarchic conspiracy of unprecedented proportions. In fact, this conspiracy concept is not that different from the behind-the-scenes government version. But the goal is different: not power and reforms aimed at achieving a certain social result, but the usual desire to earn as much money as possible, raised to an unthinkable degree. World history knows many cases when wars started for the sake of money. Let's say this is how Napoleon filled the treasury of France, which was empty after the Revolution - and this is a very altruistic example. The actions of the Bilderberg Club are unlikely to be so noble.
Bilderberg version
The members of the club themselves claim that at their meetings they simply discuss current political and financial issues, and do not always agree in opinion, the organization has too many motley composition. The Bilderberg Club is just a meeting place for influential people, where they can discuss all the important and relevant topics.
To meet two respectable people, you need to select apartments, rent planes, look for time in a busy schedule. And if there are more than two of these gentlemen and ladies?If there are three, four, ten? The greater the number of people with whom you need to discuss important issues, the more difficult the task. Therefore, the ideal solution is to simply arrange a general meeting in advance and already there communicate with those who are needed on all topics of interest.
Quite a logical explanation. Its only drawback is that it does not refute the conspiracy theories associated with the existence of the club. Indeed, one can meet every spring to discuss collections of stamps and coins, but then why such secrecy? Why put up police and security guards that far exceed the usual requirements of reasonable security? If people don't need to know what exactly is discussed at club meetings, then it is either something deeply personal, or something that will displease the public.
Actually, and some Bilderbergers confirm this. They openly declare that club meetings are an opportunity to determine development paths, bypassing the national interests of individual countries. Sounds great. But whose interests are taken into account then? General welfare? Or the members themselves of the organization known as Bilderberg? Russia is hardly an exception in this respect. It represents too significant a force on the world stage. The leadership of the country cannot be outside this organization - otherwise the very supranational idea of the club loses its meaning.
Although the true goals of the organization are unknown, the very fact of exceptional secrecy makes humanity look at it with suspicion.
Are the fears of conspiracy theorists justified?
Nothing suggests that Bilderberg's secrets are dictated by the need to hide conspiracies. But nothing proves otherwise. There is no information at all. People gather every year, meet behind closed doors. What are they discussing there? Anything. From plans to take over the world to culinary recipes. There is no objective reason to believe that the closedness of the club is caused by anything else than a desire for privacy. Maybe those gathered indulge in secret vices and depravity, and do not share a percentage of the sale of the Earth to aliens at all. But man is so arranged that the mere sight of doors slammed in front of his nose makes him suspect the worst. “If they don’t let me go somewhere, it means that they are preparing some kind of filth, moreover, personally intended for me,” - this is exactly what almost everyone thinks when faced with a closed post on an always open blog or discovering that a spouse hastily erases incoming SMS messages. There are no grounds for such suspicions. Maybe the SMS is really just a pointless advertisement, and in closed posts the author discusses his personal life with his closest friends. But the thought still arises! And getting rid of suspicion is already very difficult. Even if the next time the SMS will be read, and the record will be opened … Who knows what was in those, in the previous ones? Maybe the worst has already happened?
But even if the Bilderberg Club of Billionaires starts inviting the press to every meeting, suspicions will not go anywhere. Yes, they do not discuss it here and now. But maybe somewhere elseanother time?
Of course, being so skeptical of endless conspiracy theories doesn't mean that Bilderberg is the epitome of innocence. But it is necessary to clearly distinguish between groundless suspicions, the only basis for which is the closed door of the club, and objective facts, on which, in fact, any accusations should be based. This must be done not out of abstract justice, but to maintain a clear objective picture of the world.
In the meantime, the elite club keeps its secrets, and the whole planet, with bated breath, is trying to guess what happens behind these closed doors. Masonic conspiracy? Or is it a recipe exchange? Alien mysteries are so exciting…
