２００７年２月のダボス会議で初めて「世界のエリート」（殆どが白人の富裕層）達は、「自分達の会議によって必ず世界の未来が決まる」という従来の固定観念を崩し始めた。その際に親方であるジョージ・ソロスでさえも「ドルが基軸通貨じゃなくなるかもしれない」という発言をしていた。

　昨年のダボス会議は富裕層より政治家（４0カ国以上の首脳）の集いであった。目玉は中国とロシアの各首脳の演説だった。両首脳ともアメリカ型資本主義の欠点を鋭く批判した。これに対して反対の意見もあまりなかった。今まで何１０年間アメリカが世界に押し付けようとしていた経済政策が急に拒絶されたのであった。

　しかし全体的な流れを見る限り、まだまだ欧米のエリート達は「これからも従来の延長線を続け、細かい修正を行えば良い。」と思いこんでいるようだ。このままではG20が約束している「４月までに発表する新しい世界の仕組み」が成り立たない。欧米社会はもっと革命的な状態にならない限り、危機感が明らかに足りないようだ。

　Note to English blog readers: the January 28th blog was just a notice announcing the sale of a Japanese language video. I did not write anything new myself on that day which is why there was no English translation.

　To the lost children at Davos

　In February of 2007, the self-appointed (almost entirely rich white men) “Global Elite” gathering at Davos began to realize for the first time that perhaps the future of the planet was not something they alone could determine. George Soros even had the foresight to predict the end of the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency.
Ｌａｓｔ year the wealthy surrendered the podium in large part to the over 40 heads of state who showed up for the meeting. The stars of the meeting were the leaders of Russia and China, countries that were on the margins in previous years. Both criticized the US style capitalism that has been forced on much of the world for the past 30 years or more. Few dared stand up for the old status quo. Just like that, this “mainstream thinking” became a pariah.

　However, an overall look at what is going on at the meeting leaves the impression the Western elite still just don’t get it. They seem to think adding a few more colored faces into their current architecture will do the trick. It looks increasingly likely the G20 will miss their self-imposed deadline of April for coming up with a new system. It is looking increasingly likely many Western countries will have to come closer to revolution before the powers that be get the necessary sense of crisis needed to truly and fundamentally change how the planet is run.