Great Reset

The Great Reset is a proposal by the World Economic Forum to rebuild the economy sustainably following the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been criticized for using the pandemic to implement a risky experiment and a petition to stop it gained 80,000 signatures in less than 72 hours. A conspiracy theory has spread in response, claiming it will be used to bring in socioeconomic and environmental changes.

About Great Reset in brief

Summary Great ResetThe Great Reset is a proposal by the World Economic Forum to rebuild the economy sustainably following the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been criticized for using the pandemic to implement a risky experiment and a petition to stop it gained 80,000 signatures in less than 72 hours. A conspiracy theory has spread in response, claiming it will be used to bring in socioeconomic and environmental changes and a supposed New World Order. It alleges that the main goals of the Great Reset are to take global political and economic control by instating a Marxist totalitarian regime. In some variations of the theory, US President Donald Trump is the only world leader keeping the scheme from happening, based on a video from August 2020 which has been viewed over a million times.

The conspiracy theory was spread via far-right personalities and groups, some also supporting the conspiracy theory, and conservative political commentators including Maxime Bernier, Paul Tucker, and Glenn Beck. In October, a chain of emails claimed to be from a member of a non- obscure bloggers claimed that the Great reset is a code for oligarchs to amass wealth and amass power. It was also claimed that a website: CapX has published wild allegations from obscure bloggers for many months.