Independent journalist James O’Keefe released a shocking video speaking to an employee from BlackRock Inc., a large and influential investment management and financial services firm, demonstrating the extent of the company’s influence.
Independent journalist James O’Keefe released a shocking video speaking to an employee from BlackRock Inc., a large and influential investment management and financial services firm, demonstrating the extent of the company’s influence.
He started with a disclaimer, emphasizing that BlackRock did not necessarily want people to notice how they were affecting markets.
“They don’t want to be in the news. They don’t want people to talk about them. They don’t want to be anywhere on the radar,” Varlay said, and when the undercover journalist questioned why that was, he paused to think. “I don’t know, but I suspect it’s because it’s easier to do things when people aren’t thinking about it.”
Varlay continued, explaining how even though BlackRock was one of the main players in the financial game, the asset management business was not the only one leading the way.
“All of these financial institutions, they buy politicians,” he said. “You can take this big f*** ton of money and buy people … It’s not who is the president, it’s who is controlling the wallet of the president. You could buy your candidates. First, there is the senators, these guys are f***ing cheap. Got 10 grand? You can buy a senator. I’ll give you 500k right now … It doesn’t matter who wins, they’re in my pocket.”
He also highlighted the ongoing battle between Russia and Ukraine in another portion of the video, but only from a financial standpoint.
“Ukraine is good for business, you know that right? Russia blows up Ukraine’s grain silos and the price of wheat is going to go mad up. The Ukrainian economy is tied very largely to the wheat market. The price of bread, literally everything goes up and down, this is fantastic if you’re trading,” Varlay continued. “Volatility creates opportunity to make profit. War is real f***ing good for business. It’s exciting when s*** goes wrong, right?”
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