Who really runs the world ?
It is not Donald Trump or Putin
But the secret societies and elite clubs
As they always have.
Over the last fifteen years, one of our favourite discussion topics in various investment committees has been, “who actually runs the world”. Of course my Indian friends take it to the next level with “who created the universe and why?”. But for this post let me stick to the former.
For context and one view let me share a recent video which popped up on YouTube. It says Uk ruled the world because the secret societies and elite clubs shifted there. Power moved to the US because some of them shifted from the UK to the U.S. It is a thought provoking watch:
The video is right. The world is run by elite clubs and secret societies. These cults are powered by paper money, opium, defence equipment …. and maybe bitcoin. You rarely see them and most don’t even know about them, leave aside participating in them. If you look hard, you may find some videos on the internet.
It is not a coincidence that the inventor of bitcoin is yet to be found (are you joking?). He disappeared in thin air effectively creating a usd 2 trillion dollar commodity which is supposedly heading towards being the most valuable stock in the world. (disclosure: I don’t own any bitcoins or listed shares). The U.S. treasury is rumoured to be selling gold to buy bitcoin. In the period, gold went from Rs 30,000 to Rs 125,000 bitcoin went from Rs 10 to Rs one crore. That’s 4x vs 1000,000x. 250,000 times the appreciation of gold. The UK treasury too is buying bitcoins.
My introduction to secret societies happened twenty five years ago at a monastery in the Chengdu area of sichuan province – deep in the interiors of China. And ever since I have been fascinated by them. I have had the opportunity of participating in activities of many of them from the Masonic order to the White Brotherhood. Sworn to secrecy and fearful of the consequences of breaking the vow – all I can say is that their physical touch points are the elite clubs. These are member only clubs, entry to which is closely guarded. They are always by invitation and rarely for the masses.
This got many of us thinking. What if we can use the same format to build an elitist club in India for intellectuals, innovators, industrialists, investors and inventors. A club that will predict the future by helping invent it. And fund it by printing our own currency. All in a legal, nation building kind of way. Angel networks try to do this. So do political parties. But all of these lack inner democracy.
And that is how the Bombay Club of 1833 got invented first but closed down in 1958. And then got reinvented as the Bombay Club of 1993 led by Rahul Bajaj to oppose liberalisation. And finally again as
The Bombay Club Ltd
A club of intellectuals like no other in the Global South.