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masque wrote

From my brief look into it, it just seems like a standard case of a bunch of people with political capital saying "we need to take radical action to fix everything" and then listing a bunch of vague concepts like "steering the market towards fairer outcomes" and "harnessing innovation," without any concrete policy suggestions.

It looks like right-wing conspiracy theorists are interpreting the vagueness as evidence that something is being hidden, when it's more likely that there is just no real substance in the first place. I'm not even sure that every mention of "the Great Reset" refers to the WEF initiative; it seems more like a general concept (like "revolution" or "the climate movement") than one specific thing. The phrase seems to have been around for at least 10 years.

This is standard politician behaviour. Look at all the politicians who have publicly "supported" Greta Thunberg's calls for radical action on climate change, without actually doing anything substantial to address climate change. In particular, voicing support for a vague initiative to ostensibly take radical steps to address the problems of our day, without making any concrete commitments, is basically something Trudeau does reflexively. It means nothing.

it seems scary. It seems like a full on plan by big business and monopolies to control people under the guise of "Equality" and "a better world" and using COVID to do it.

Corporations and monopolies are always actively engaged in trying to control people to the best of their ability, while hiding this using language of "equality" and "a better world," regardless of whether they decide to also give it a radical sounding name. The "Great Reset" may well be another instance of this, but I see no reason to believe that it's unique in nature or scope. It doesn't even appear to be a "plan" at this point.

with some calling it a "baseless far-right conspiracy theory", despite the WEF fully admitting the plan as well as publishing a now deleted video and an article on their site

Conspiracy theorists often latch on to something which does actually exist, but their interpretation of what it is is totally unrelated to reality. For instance, the Skull and Bones secret society does openly exist, but claims that it's anything other than a glorified frat are baseless.

Same goes for this, I think. Of course the WEF "admitted" to the existence of their initiative, but that doesn't translate into legitimizing conspiracy claims about it.

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_caspar_ wrote

I mainly know of it through this article on Klaus Schwab's Great Reset/Fourth Industrial Revolution. it doesnt seem at all far-fetched given that its just what progressive governance does. the writer of that article's conflation of fascism with totalitarianism is irritating and its not the most thought-provoking analysis, but they make their point.

"Is it even worth worrying about? Should I be worried and preparing?"

Luddites Anonymous welcomes you.

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_caspar_ wrote

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I have been too,, but that will be a defining aspect of anarchist practice going forward: how to live against/without/outside the even more intensified current of life being ushered online and through screens.

and agreed. Pynchon is wonderful.

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LostYonder wrote

Interestingly the militant right extremists use the same term, well at least "reset", to cleanse America of liberalism/liberals and the deep state and to return the US to its original constitutional foundation (according to their interpretation). They've been talking about it for several years now...

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