Here we go again. It is almost funny, in a very sad and dark way, to watch the people who claim to run the world suddenly pretend they do not know how to read a newspaper. Børge Brende, the president of the **World Economic Forum (WEF)**, is stepping down. He is leaving his high tower. And why? Because of the ghost that haunts every dinner party of the global elite: **Jeffrey Epstein**.

The official story is simple enough. The **Børge Brende resignation** comes after an internal review looked into his meetings and chats with the disgraced financier. Brende admitted that, yes, he had contact with Epstein. But then comes the punchline, the joke that they expect us all to swallow without chewing. He claims he was "completely unaware" of Epstein’s criminal past when they were chatting.

Let us pause and really think about that statement. We are talking about the president of the World Economic Forum. This is the group that gathers in Davos, Switzerland, every year to tell the rest of us how to live. They talk about the "Great Reset." They talk about the future of the global economy. They claim to know everything about climate change, artificial intelligence, and the direction of humanity. These are supposed to be the most informed, most connected, and most intelligent people on the planet.

Yet, we are supposed to believe that this man—a man whose entire job is knowing things—did not know about the **Epstein scandal**? Epstein was a convicted sex offender long before many of these elites stopped taking his calls. His crimes were not a secret. They were in the news. They were whispered about in every exclusive club from New York to London. If a regular person with a smartphone could find out about Epstein’s history in five seconds, how did the head of the WEF miss it?

It is the classic defense of the ruling class: strategic incompetence. When they are telling you to eat bugs to save the planet, they are geniuses who understand complex science. When they are caught hanging out with monsters, suddenly they are naive children who just didn't pay attention. It is a convenience switch. They flip it on and off whenever it suits them.

Brende’s resignation is being painted as a noble act, or perhaps just a necessary cleaning of house. But let’s be honest about what it really is. It is damage control. The WEF is an organization that prides itself on being the moral compass of capitalism. It is hard to preach about corporate responsibility and ethical leadership when your president is in the contact book of the world’s most notorious trafficker. So, he has to go. Not because the system is changing, but because he became embarrassing.

This situation highlights the absolute absurdity of the **Davos elite** bubble. These people live in a world where money is the only language that matters. If you have enough money, like Epstein did, doors open. Questions are not asked. Background checks are ignored. It does not matter if you have a dark past, as long as you have a private jet and a checkbook. The blindness Børge Brende claims to have had is not a medical condition; it is a choice. It is the choice to look the other way because the networking opportunity was too good to pass up.

The internal review that led to this resignation is another piece of theater. Organizations investigating themselves is like a student grading their own test. Of course, they found just enough to make a change, but likely not enough to burn the whole house down. Brende takes the fall, he admits to the communication, he pleads ignorance, and he walks away.

Do not expect this to change anything fundamental in Davos. The World Economic Forum will continue to meet. They will continue to fly in on private planes to discuss how the rest of us should drive less. They will replace Brende with another suit, another person who speaks the smooth language of bureaucracy. This new person will also claim to be a genius of global affairs. And if they get caught in a scandal five years from now, they will also claim they knew nothing.

It is a cycle that never ends. The people at the top are never held to the same standards of basic awareness that they demand from the rest of us. If you or I made a mistake at our jobs, we would be fired for incompetence. When they make a "mistake" involving a criminal network, they get to resign with a polite statement and fade into the background.

So, goodbye to Børge Brende. We will not miss him, because we never really knew him. He was just another face in the gallery of people who think they are better than us. His excuse of being "unaware" stands as a monument to the arrogance of the elite. They think we are stupid enough to believe them. And perhaps, as long as we keep listening to their lectures, we are.

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### References & Fact-Check * **Primary Source**: [World Economic Forum boss quits after review of Epstein links (BBC)](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5lq9ll15jo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss) * **Key Fact**: Børge Brende will step down as WEF President in mid-October following an internal review into his contacts with Jeffrey Epstein. * **Context**: The WEF stated that Brende's contacts were ostensibly for professional reasons, but he failed to vet Epstein appropriately.