Is the secret new world order actually not so secret?
Even though it publishes a list of attendees, the Bilderberg Group – a long-running conference of politicians and financiers committed to cross-Atlantic friendships – continues to raise suspicions about what global leaders are plotting, including a one-world government answerable only to intellectual elites.
As with most conspiracy theories, there's a kernel of truth. In 2001, founding member Denis Healey suggested that "[t]o say we were striving for a one-world government is exaggerated, but not wholly unfair.... [W]e felt that a single community throughout the world would be a good thing."
The press is not invited to meetings so that members can hold discussions without worrying that their private comments will be reported, the group says.
