Shenali D Waduge

Transnational corporations control essential resources.
Unelected global bodies control the rules, access, legitimacy, and penalties.
Together, they constrain sovereign choice. 

Elected leaders and governments operate within this system as pawns – they must subscribe to above or face elimination (assassination, economic, financial, diplomatic, reputational punishments)

Every budget, subsidy removal, privatization, digital rollout, education reform, or emergency law passed in your country is either first recommended or passed by this global control layer — or it will be blocked, punished, or reversed.

This does not mean all leaders are weak or corrupt — it means the system limits how far even well-intentioned leaders can act. The fate of those who don’t comply is understood by plenty of examples.

This is not about secret rule — it is about a system deliberately designed to preserve power for a concentrated global elite.

As public resistance grows, new governance layers are introduced to retain control — the newest measures are Digital ID systems, cashless economies, algorithmic governance, and smart city” infrastructure, presented as progress, efficiency, and inevitability.

1. The Division of Power  

A. Who Controls the Resources (Holds Economic Power)

These entities own or dominate the systems that modern societies depend on:

·      Food systems

·      Water utilities and natural resources

·      Energy supply chains (fossil, renewable, grid infrastructure)

·      Pharmaceuticals and medical supply chains, medical journals, think tanks

·      Data and digital infrastructure, cloud infrastructure

·      Capital flows and global finance

·      Media/Communications

·      Arms / Weapons / Intel services

·      Education – curriculum design, school-university-models

They are:

·      Transnational

·      Profit-driven

·      Shareholder-governed

·      Largely protected from democratic accountability

·      Ideological oriented

They control what societies need to survive — but do not own, govern or control directly.

B. Who Controls the Rules (Unelected Global Bodies hold Governance & Power)

These entities:

·      Do not own resources

·      Do not pass national laws

·      Do not face voters

·      Do not bear responsibility for social consequences (which they create)

But they:

·      Set global frameworks

·      Define compliance and best practice”

·      Control access to finance, markets and dictate legitimacy

·      Trigger punishment – economic or reputational

They function as the operating system through which corporate power is protected and expanded globally.

2. Degree of Control Over Essential Systems  

Unelected global bodies exert influence because key resources are already concentrated in the hands of a few transnational corporations. These corporations are profit-driven, transnational, largely untaxed locally, and control systems critical to national survival.

2.1 Food Systems (What People Eat)

·      ~70–90% of global grain trade controlled by ADM, Bunge, Cargill, Louis Dreyfus (ABCD group)

·      ~60%+ of global commercial seeds controlled by Bayer-Monsanto, Corteva, Syngenta, Limagrain

·      ~70%+ of agrochemicals/pesticides controlled by Bayer, Syngenta, Corteva, BASF

Result:
Food prices, farmer survival, and national food security respond to corporate trading strategies — not local needs.

Impact: Prices, farmer survival, and national food security respond to corporate trading decisions. Profits are held in low-tax jurisdictions.

2.2 Water & Natural Resources

·      Urban and industrial water utilities increasingly operated through Veolia, Suez, American Water, private equity funds, and PPPs

·      Key natural resources (minerals, forests, rare earths) dominated by BHP, Rio Tinto, Glencore, Vale

Impact: Pricing, access, and land use shaped by financial and contractual leverage not public mandate.

2.3 Energy

·      Oil, gas, and electricity supply dominated by ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, TotalEnergies, Chevron

·      Renewable energy supply chains increasingly controlled by large industrial players: Vestas, Siemens Gamesa, First Solar

Impact: Energy Pricing, subsidy removal, and energy transition tied to global capital and ESG compliance.

2.4 Pharmaceuticals & Health

·      ~70–75% of global pharmaceutical profits captured by Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Roche, Novartis, Merck, GSK, Sanofi, AbbVie, Bayer, AstraZeneca

·      Intellectual property (IP) and pricing power are highly centralized

·      Medical journals and research platforms often owned by Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley

Impact: WHO standards and emergency frameworks favor patent holders structurally over national affordability or production.

2.5 Finance & Capital Flows

·      Global capital flows dominated by BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs

·      Hedge funds and private equity such as Bridgewater, Carlyle, KKR exert additional influence

Impact: IMF programs, credit ratings, and capital flight enforce policy compliance.

2.6 Digital Infrastructure & Data

·      Big Tech companies controlling global data: Google, Microsoft, Meta (Facebook), Amazon, Apple, Alibaba, Tencent

Impact: Digital dependence reduces regulatory and narrative sovereignty – governance becomes algorithmic and externally influenced.

2.7 Media / Communications

Global news and entertainment concentrated in Disney, Comcast, Warner Bros Discovery, News Corp, ViacomCBS, Bertelsmann

Media plays a key role in dictating the narrative & spreading it globally.

Media enables the controllers to align people to their goals. 

2.8 Arms / Weapons / Intel services

·      Major arms manufacturers: Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, Thales, Rheinmetall

·      Private intelligence and security contractors: G4S, Academi (formerly Blackwater), DynCorp, Control Risks

2.9 Education & Curriculum Influence

·      UNEP, UNESCO, and UN-affiliated education frameworks attempt to standardize curricula globally

·      Western-centric, liberal education models increasingly promoted, often ignoring local or Eastern civilizational values

·      Standardized programs influence ideological framing, social values, and policy outlook in future generations

Impact:
Education becomes a tool for shaping societal norms aligned with global frameworks rather than local cultural, civilizational, or societal needs.

We are seeing how the UN is attempting to influence national curriculum through packaged one-size fitting educational syllabus that are western centric and ignores the eastern civilizational cultural upbringing. These models of liberal thinking ideologically influence entire world.

When essential systems are concentrated in the hands of a few, unelected global bodies translate that concentration into frameworks, standards, and conditionality — creating compliance pressure without elections.

Transnational corporations cannot legally or openly force sovereign governments to change laws or policies.

That would constitute direct political interference.

Instead, these outcomes are achieved through unelected global bodies that apply conditionality, standards, access control, and legitimacy pressure — presented as neutral, technical, or unavoidable.

3. Corporations + Unelected Global Bodies (The Indirect Control Mechanism)

Transnational corporations cannot legally or openly force sovereign governments to change laws or policies.

That would constitute direct political interference.

Instead, these outcomes are achieved through unelected global bodies that apply conditionality, standards, access control, and legitimacy pressure — presented as neutral, technical, or unavoidable.

3.1 Privatization of Water & Public Utilities

Corporate interest:

·      Private ownership and long-term concession control of water, electricity, transport

Indirect leverage via unelected bodies:

·      World Bank / IFC – promotes Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs)

·      Regional Development Banks – infrastructure loans tied to privatization models

·      Climate finance mechanisms – link funding to efficiency” and cost recovery”

Result:
Governments privatize utilities as a loan or funding condition, not as a voter mandate.

3.2 Removal of Subsidies (Food, Fuel, Electricity)

Corporate interest:

·      Market pricing

·      Profit protection

·      Removal of state competition

Indirect leverage via unelected bodies:

·      IMF – structural adjustment & fiscal consolidation programs

·      World Bank – subsidy reform conditions

·      Credit rating agencies – downgrade risk if deficits remain

Result:
Subsidies are removed under macroeconomic necessity,” even when electorates oppose it.

3.3 Changes to Land Laws & Resource Access

Corporate interest:

·       Land acquisition

·       Resource extraction

·       Secure long-term contracts with tax concessions & investor” incentive to take back profits without being questioned

Indirect leverage via unelected bodies:

·       World Bank land reform frameworks

·       Investment treaty regimes (ISDS)

·       Climate & conservation financing models

Result:
Land becomes commodified; traditional or communal ownership is weakened.

3.4 Alteration of Labour Laws & Social Protections

Corporate interest:

·       Flexible labour – hire & fire / almost zero accountability for foreign investors

·       Lower wage floors

·       Reduced union power

Indirect leverage via unelected bodies:

·       IMF / World Bank – labour market flexibility” reforms

·       OECD benchmarks – competitiveness indicators

·       Trade agreements – labour harmonization clauses

Result:
Labour protections are reframed as rigidities” that must be reformed.

3.5 Protection of Intellectual Property (IP)

Corporate interest:

·       Patent monopolies

·       Long-term revenue extraction

·       Market exclusivity

Indirect leverage via unelected bodies:

·       WTO (TRIPS Agreement) – enforces IP protection globally

·       WHO frameworks – procurement and treatment standards

·       Trade agreements – extended patent protections

Result:
National manufacturing and affordability are subordinated to global patent regimes.

3.6 Opening of Markets to Foreign Capital

Corporate interest:

·       Market access

·       Capital mobility

·       Profit repatriation

Indirect leverage via unelected bodies:

·       WTO – trade liberalization rules

·       IMF – capital account liberalization

·       Credit rating agencies – punish protectionist policies

Result:
Local industries are exposed to global competition before they are resilient.

3.7 Digital ID, Cashless Systems & Data Governance

Corporate interest:

·       Data extraction

·       Platform dependence

·       Surveillance-compatible infrastructure (to keep locals in check & controlled)

Indirect leverage via unelected bodies:

·       WEF – digital governance models

·       World Bank / UNDP – digital ID funding

·       OECD – data interoperability standards

Result:
Digital systems become mandatory gateways to services and economic participation.

3.8 ESG, Climate & Environmental Compliance

Corporate interest:

·       Control of energy transition

·       Carbon markets

·       Green finance dominance

Indirect leverage via unelected bodies:

·       UNFCCC / COP frameworks

·       ESG standards bodies

·       Multilateral development banks

Result:
Financing is conditional on ESG alignment, regardless of national development stage.

·       Corporations define economic needs.

·       Unelected global bodies translate those needs into technical rules, standards, and conditions.

·       Governments comply to retain access, capital, legitimacy, and stability — not because citizens voted for it.

Corporations hold the assets.
Unelected global bodies hold the levers.
Governments face the pressure.
Citizens absorb the consequences

4. Key Unelected Entities & Their Functional Role

IMF / World Bank / Regional Development Banks

Role: Economic Enforcers

Named entities:

·       International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·       World Bank Group

o   International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)

o   International Development Association (IDA)

o   International Finance Corporation (IFC)

·       Regional Development Banks

o   Asian Development Bank (ADB)

o   African Development Bank (AfDB)

o   Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

o   European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Functions:

·       Attach conditions to loans often unrelated to the loan purpose
(loans repaid with interest in foreign currency; conditions are irreversible)

·       Mandate:

o   Privatization of state assets

o   Market pricing of essentials

o   Subsidy removal

o   Legal and regulatory reforms

·       Restructure economies to be:

o   Investor-friendly

o   Open to foreign capital

Result:
Sectors dominated by transnational corporations become legally protected, financially entrenched, and politically difficult to reverse, regardless of electoral change.

WTO / Global Trade Frameworks

Role: Market Access Controllers

Named entities & agreements:

·       World Trade Organization (WTO)

·       TRIPS Agreement (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights)

·       GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade)

·       Bilateral & Multilateral Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)

Functions:

·       Enforce trade liberalization

·       Protect corporate intellectual property

·       Restrict domestic subsidies and protections

·       Penalize trade barriers” through dispute mechanisms

Result:
Local food production, medicine manufacturing, and domestic industries are displaced by global suppliers with scale and capital advantages.

WHO / Global Health Architecture

Role: Health Policy Standard-Setters

Named entities:

·      World Health Organization (WHO)

·      WHO Emergency Committees

·      Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA)

·      COVAX / Gavi / CEPI (public–private health alliances)

Functions:

·       Define global health best practices”

·       Influence national procurement standards

·       Shape emergency and pandemic responses

·       Promote centralized global health frameworks

·       Frequently overlook:

o   Indigenous medicine

o   Traditional health systems

o   Cultural and heritage-based health alternatives

Result:
Pharmaceutical supply chains and patent holders gain structural advantage over national affordability, sovereignty, and local medical traditions.

WEF / OECD / Global Policy Forums

Role: Policy Designers

Named entities:

·       World Economic Forum (WEF)

·       Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

·       Global policy task forces & public–private councils

·       Elite leadership training programs (Young Global Leaders, etc.)

Functions:

·       Draft best practice” governance models

·       Train technocrats, regulators, and policymakers

·       Normalize:

o   ESG frameworks

o   Digital ID systems

o   Cashless economies

o   Climate and carbon reporting

·       Shape elite consensus before national debate occurs

Result:
National policies converge toward pre-designed global frameworks aligned with capital mobility and corporate scalability.

WEF does not govern — it pre-aligns decision-makers to its agenda.

 

UN Bodies (UNHRC, OHCHR, Special Rapporteurs)

Role: Legitimacy & Pressure Mechanism

Named entities:

·       UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)

·       Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

·       UN Special Rapporteurs

·       UN Fact-Finding Missions / Panels of Experts

Functions:

·       Issue reports and recommendations” that are formally non-binding

·       Define:

o   Compliance”

o   Violation”

·       Apply pressure through:

o   Naming and shaming

o   Selective scrutiny

o   Diplomatic signaling

·       Exploit weak points of national leadership via international exposure

Outputs are used by:

·       Donor governments

·       Sanctions regimes

·       Aid agencies

·       International media narratives

Result:
Governments resisting externally driven reforms face diplomatic isolation, legal exposure, economic pressure, and reputational damage.

Credit Rating Agencies & Global Indices

Role: Market Punishers

Named entities:

·       Standard & Poor’s (S&P Global)

·       Moody’s Investors Service

·       Fitch Ratings

·       Governance & perception indices:

o   Transparency International

o   World Governance Indicators

o   Doing Business–style benchmarks

Functions:

·       Downgrade sovereign credit ratings

·       Increase borrowing costs

·       Trigger capital flight and investor withdrawal

Result:
Governments comply rapidly to stabilize markets even when policies directly contradict public mandates or electoral promises.

These entities do not own resources and do not pass national laws, yet through conditional finance, trade rules, standards, ratings, legitimacy signaling, and narrative pressure, they function as unelected enforcement layers that discipline governments and protect concentrated corporate power globally.

5. The Pawn–Controller Relationship (How control operates in practice)

Unelected global bodies are not the ultimate owners of resources.

They are the gatekeepers of the global system.

They function as:

a) Rule-Setters

·       Define best practice,” standards,” and compliance”

·       Convert corporate requirements into technical frameworks

·       Establish norms that later harden into expectations

b) Access-Granters

·       Control access to:

o   Loans

o   Aid

o   Trade markets

o   Capital flows

o   Global legitimacy

·       Access is conditional, not automatic

c) Risk-Labelers

·       Assign labels such as:

o   High risk”

o   Non-compliant”

o   Unstable”

·       These labels determine:

o   Investor behavior

o   Insurance costs

o   Trade confidence

d) Legitimacy Distributors

·       Confer or withdraw international credibility

·       Influence:

o   Diplomatic standing

o   Aid eligibility

o   Media framing

·       Governments are judged externally, not by their electorate

e) Punishment Signalers

·       Signal when a country is to be:

o   Downgraded

o   Isolated

o   Sanctioned

o   Pressured

o   Regime changed/ousted

·       Enforcement follows through markets, not armies

This structure allows:

·       Corporate resource holders to operate across borders under protected legal and financial conditions

·       Investors to extract profits with minimal political or sovereign risk

·        Governments to be disciplined through:

o   Financial pressure

o   Narrative pressure

o   Legal exposure
without coups, invasions, or overt coercion

Power today is exercised not through ownership or elections, but through control of access, standards, legitimacy, and risk perception.

Elected leaders remain in office only as long as they remain compliant.
Deviation triggers pressure until alignment is restored.

6. Direct Connection to Resource Control

Resource	Corporate Control	Global Entity Enablement
Food	ABCD traders, seed giants	WTO rules, IMF subsidy removal
Water	Utilities, infrastructure funds	World Bank PPPs, climate finance
Energy	Multinationals, traders	IMF pricing reforms, ESG rules
Pharma	Patent holders	WHO standards, IP protection
Finance	Asset managers, banks	IMF programs, ratings agencies
Data	Big Tech	Global digital governance norms

The unelected bodies do not own the assets — they ensure the system protects those who do.

7. Why this is not Democratic Governance

·       No elections

·       No public consent

·       No national accountability

·       No appeal mechanisms

·       No liability for social consequences

Yet:

·       Decisions affect food prices, water access, health policy, employment, currency stability, social unrest

Global governance today operates through a dual structure:

·       Concentrated corporate ownership of essential resources

·       Unelected international bodies that standardize, legitimize, and enforce policy environments favorable to that ownership

While neither formally rules states, together they exercise decisive influence over national policy space — without electoral mandate or democratic accountability.

How the Link Actually Operates

Step 1: Corporate Requirements

Transnational corporations require:

·       Market access

·       Price liberalization

·       IP protection

·       Resource privatization

·       Legal predictability

·       Profit repatriation

They cannot demand these directly from sovereign states.

Step 2: Translation into Global Frameworks

Unelected bodies convert these needs into:

·       IMF structural reforms”

·       World Bank project conditions

·       WTO trade obligations

·       WHO health standards

·       OECD governance benchmarks

·       ESG and climate compliance frameworks

Presented as: technical, best practice, neutral, inevitable.

Step 3: Enforcement through Access Control

Compliance enforced via access:

·       Loans, aid, markets, capital, legitimacy

Non-compliance triggers:

·       Loan suspension

·       Downgrades

·       Narrative pressure

·       Investor withdrawal

·       Sanctions groundwork

·       Regime change/ousting

Step 4: Corporate Benefit

Once reforms implemented:

·       Assets become purchasable

·       Prices float

·       IP is protected

·       Contracts enforceable

·       Profits repatriated

·       Tax exposure minimized

Corporate Interest	Global Body Mechanism	National Outcome
Cheap food sourcing	IMF subsidy removal	Farmer exposure
Water access	World Bank PPPs	Utility privatization
Drug pricing	WHO standards	Patent protection
Market access	WTO rules	Local industry loss
Capital mobility	Ratings agencies	Policy discipline
Data extraction	Global digital norms	Weak data sovereignty

Unelected global bodies do not act on behalf of corporations by mandate, but their frameworks, conditions, and enforcement mechanisms consistently restructure national systems in ways that align with concentrated corporate interests — making resistance economically and diplomatically costly.

WHAT CITIZENS MUST UNDERSTAND — AND WHAT THEY MUST DEMAND OF THEIR NATIONAL LEADERS

This document exposes a structural reality, not a theory and not a temporary condition.

Modern governance no longer operates primarily through elections or visible authority.
It operates through control of access.

Whoever controls access to:

·      Food

·      Energy

·      Finance

·      Health systems

·      Data

·      Markets

·      International legitimacy

controls the choices governments can make — regardless of who is elected.

Elections still occur, but policy space is increasingly pre-conditioned before leaders take office.

What Citizens MUST NOW Understand

·      Governments today operate inside externally enforced constraints.

·      Many reforms” are not voter-driven but condition-driven.

·      Economic crises, austerity, privatization, subsidy removal, digital surveillance systems, and loss of sovereignty are designed outcomes, not isolated failures.

·      Unelected global entities do not need to govern countries when they can discipline them through access, ratings, funding, and legitimacy.

This system does not announce itself.
It operates quietly, legally, and continuously.

What Citizens Must Expect — and Demand — From Aspiring Leaders

Citizens must stop voting on personalities, slogans, or promises detached from global reality.

Instead, every aspiring leader must be pressed to answer clearly:

·      What external commitments bind the country?

·      What IMF, World Bank, WTO, WHO, UN, ESG, or digital governance obligations will they accept or reject?

·      What assets, resources, and policy areas are non-negotiable?

·      Where will they comply — and where will they resist?

·      What pressures are they prepared to withstand to protect sovereignty?

Silence is not neutrality. Silence is consent.

Leaders who refuse to disclose constraints are not protecting citizens — they are protecting the system that keeps them in power so long as they comply.

What Citizens Must Actively Demand

Citizens must demand:

1.    Full transparency on all international agreements, loans, and conditionalities

2.    Parliamentary and public oversight of global commitments

3.    Non-negotiable protection of food, water, health, land, education, and data

4.    Accountability for social harm caused by externally imposed reforms

5.    Clear red lines that cannot be crossed for access or approval

A leader who willingly surrenders control over essentials via secret agreements is not representing the people, regardless of how popular they appear.

The Central Wake-Up Call

The greatest danger today is not dictatorship.

It is managed and staged democracy — where citizens vote, but do not decide.

A system where:

·      Ownership is private (already the WEF is promoting notion own nothing & be happy” while they own everything)

·      Rules are global (already private sector are stating water is not a human right)

·      Accountability is absent

·      Consequences are national

Unless citizens understand this structure, political change will remain cosmetic.

The Final Takeaway

Control today does not operate through ownership or elections — it operates through conditional access.

Whoever controls access controls policy.

Whoever accepts those conditions governs on behalf of the system — not the people.

This is why every Govt trying to nationalize” ends up facing ragime change.

Sovereignty survives only where:

·      Citizens understand the ground reality

·      Leaders are forced to disclose constraints

·      And nations refuse to surrender control quietly

Awareness is the first act of resistance.
Demand is the second.