Unbeknownst to the public, an international clique of politicians, lobbyists, bankers, and managers is driving the plundering of the world. A global feudal system is emerging: the wealth of the Earth is flowing to a tiny group at the core of the financial system. Governments want to be among the beneficiaries and force their citizens to make ever new sacrifices. Supported by powerful and secretive organizations, governments are looting private assets and withdrawing solidarity from those in real need. Oceans of counterfeit money flood the entire world, while global financial flows evade democratic control. Laws are broken at will. Arbitrary rule has become the new ideology. Decency has become a foreign concept.