WEFism
A shorthand for the ideological position associated with the World Economic Forum, positioned as the polar opposite of National Bolshevism (which mixes nationalism with left‑wing economics). WEFism combines neoliberal market policies with global governance institutions, technocratic management, and a focus on “multi‑stakeholder” decision‑making. It rejects both nationalist isolation and classical socialist state ownership, instead promoting public‑private partnerships, digital surveillance for efficiency, and climate capitalism. Critics on the left see WEFism as a fig leaf for corporate power; critics on the right see it as a globalist plot against national sovereignty. WEFism is often invoked in conspiracy theories, but it also has real policy manifestations.
Example: “The proposal for a global carbon trading system with private oversight was pure WEFism—market‑based, internationally managed, and suspicious of direct democratic control.”
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