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The formation of a detached elite, sometimes labeled with the [[neologism]] "Davos Man", refers to a global group whose members view themselves as completely "international". The term refers to people who "have little need for national loyalty, view national boundaries as obstacles, and see national governments as residues from the past whose only useful function is to facilitate the elite's global operations" according to political scientist [[Samuel P. Huntington]], who is credited with inventing the neologism.<ref>Timothy Garton Ash. [https://www.theguardian.com/comment/story/0,,1404411,00.html Davos man's death wish] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821094256/http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0%2C%2C1404411%2C00.html |date=21 August 2008}}, ''[[The Guardian]]'', 3 February 2005</ref> In his 2004 article "Dead Souls: The Denationalization of the American Elite", Huntington argues that this international perspective is a minority elitist position not shared by the nationalist majority of the people.<ref>Samuel Huntington. [http://nationalinterest.org/article/dead-souls-the-denationalization-of-the-american-elite-620 "Dead Souls: The Denationalization of the American Elite"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914184047/http://nationalinterest.org/article/dead-souls-the-denationalization-of-the-american-elite-620 |date=14 September 2016}}, ''[[The National Interest]]'', Spring 2004</ref>

The [[Transnational Institute]] describes the World Economic Forum's main purpose as being "to function as a socializing institution for the emerging global elite, globalization's "Mafiocracy" of bankers, industrialists, oligarchs, technocrats and politicians. They promote common ideas, and serve common interests: their own."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Marshall |first1=Andrew |title=World Economic Forum: A History and Analysis |url=https://www.tni.org/en/article/world-economic-forum-a-history-and-analysis |website=The Transnational Institute |date=20 January 2015 |access-date=9 August 2021 |archive-date=9 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809055744/https://www.tni.org/en/article/world-economic-forum-a-history-and-analysis |url-status=live }}</ref> The American journalist [[Bari Weiss]] described Davos as "a place where people who all think the same way go to drink champagne and tell each other how smart they are."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-06 |title=Argentina’s President Javier Milei Loves Being the Skunk at the Garden Party |url=https://www.thefp.com/p/bari-weiss-argentina-president-javier-milei |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=[[The Free Press (media company)|The Free Press]] |language=en}}</ref>