Davos is a tiny town in Switzerland where the air is thin and the bank accounts are thick. It is the place where the world’s most powerful people gather to talk about how much they care about you. While they talk, they drink wine that costs more than a nurse's monthly salary. It is a beautiful, expensive theater where everyone plays a part. This year, the star of the show is a man who tells everyone he hates this theater. That man is Nigel Farage.

Nigel Farage says he is the voice of the normal person. He says he wants to fight the "globalists." These are the people who run the world from their private jets and fancy offices. He tells his fans that these elites are the enemy. But there is a small, funny detail about his trip to Davos this year. He didn’t pay for it. A billionaire’s family trust paid for it. Not just any billionaire, but one with a ten-billion-dollar fortune.

Isn't it wonderful? You can be a man of the people while a man with ten billion dollars picks up the tab. It is like a person who hates cars being driven around in a limo because a car dealer paid for the gas. Farage is in Switzerland to tell the elite that their time is up. He says he wants to tax the banks. He says he wants to stop the big players from controlling everything. But he is doing all this while being the guest of a venture capitalist.

The trust says Farage is an "honorary adviser." That is a very fancy way of saying he is a guest who doesn't have to do any real work. It is the kind of job you give to a friend when you want them to feel important. In the world of the ultra-rich, having a famous politician as your "adviser" is like having a rare painting. It looks good on the wall. It gives people something to talk about at dinner parties. It is a status symbol for people who have everything else.

Farage has been walking around Davos giving speeches. He looks very serious. He talks about the struggle of the working class. He talks about how the system is rigged. And he is right. The system is rigged. It is so rigged that the guy who says he is fighting the system is actually being sponsored by the system. If you wanted to write a play about how silly politics has become, you couldn't do better than this. It is a comedy, but nobody is laughing.

Think about the logic for a moment. If you truly believe that these "globalists" are destroying the world, why would you let them pay for your hotel? If you think the banks are the enemy, why are you an adviser to a man who makes money by moving huge amounts of cash around the world? The answer is simple. It’s all a game. The people in the suits at Davos don't hate Farage. They love him. He provides the entertainment. He makes the meeting more exciting.

Farage knows his audience. He knows that the people back home in England want to see him standing in the snow, looking brave. They want to hear him shout at the people in suits. They don't see the billionaire behind the curtain. Or maybe they do see him, and they just don't care. That is the truly sad part of this whole story. We have become so used to people lying to us that we actually like it when they do it with a bit of style. We accept the lie as long as it sounds good.

This is the peak of the modern world. We have "rebels" who are funded by the very people they are rebelling against. We have "outsiders" who have been inside the room for decades. It is a giant circle where everyone gets what they want. The billionaire gets a famous friend to show off. Farage gets a free trip, nice meals, and a chance to look like a hero. And the public gets another reason to feel angry at a screen while nothing actually changes.

The irony is so thick you could cut it with a silver spoon. Farage is "fighting" the globalists by eating their food and sleeping in their beds. He is a revolutionary with a first-class ticket. If this is what a revolution looks like, then the billionaires have nothing to worry about. They aren't being attacked; they are just hosting a party for their favorite critic.

In the end, Davos is just a high-altitude playground. It doesn't matter what anyone says there because the bills are already paid by the same group of people. Nigel Farage can talk about taxing the rich all day long. But as long as the rich are the ones paying for his microphones, the words don't really mean anything. It is just noise in the mountains. And as usual, the joke is on the people who believe the performance is real.