Originally published via Armageddon Prose:

In the context of this week's annual gathering of the aspirational global, central-planner technocrats at Davos, in an apparent PR rebrand, Klaus Schwab has ditched his quintessential comic book supervillain vibe in favor of a new human skinsuit: the kindly grandfather preoccupied with the fate of his posterity.

Set against a backdrop of sad piano music and a bunch of New Age gibberish about Schwab's newfound self-professed humanitarianism, here's the failed global totalitarian:

"We are missing in our society two fundamental pillars: its truth and its trust. And without restoring those pillars, we will not be able to solve the big global issues we face at this moment. It's the keyword of dialogue, of listening each to another and in such a way to see the different aspects and dimensions of a problem. And that's fundamental… to create solutions…

I think it's the capability, in view of the fast and disruptive technological change, to remain human beings. As human beings, we have to exercise empathy. We have to listen each to another. And, I think, we have to analyze issues not just with our brains, but also with our heart and with an understanding that ultimately we have to serve not ourselves, but society."

Which brings us to the engine of that popular distrust in institutions that so vexes sweet Grandpa Klaus: the internet.