Opinion | Who Really Controls the World?

As Muslims, we are certain in our belief that however much man tries to play God, in the end, man will almost always end up with the shorter end of the stick. The answer is plain and simple: Allah swt, as unembelished as it gets, really, because however much man plans, Allah also plans, and Allah is the best of planners.

The Pharaohs had a plan: the Israelites back in bondage. Allah, however, had another plan — Allah split the Red Sea; Allah's plan prevailed.

Yusuf's (as) brothers also had a plan: to banish their brother. Allah, however, had another plan — Allah emancipated Yusuf and made him of the most powerful in Egypt; Allah's plan prevailed.

Nimrod had a plan too: to kill his adversary, Abraham (as). Allah, however, had another plan — Allah saved Abraham and expunged the furnace Nimrod set alight; Allah's plan, of course, prevailed.

Because Allah's plan always prevail. It will always be this way… always! But, unfortunately, the temptation is far too strong for man, and the fight against fate, the defiance of destiny, the warring with what is already written is a game far too addictive for mankind to succumb to.

That's only the short answer, though, and yet, unfortunately, there is a longer answer, certainly a more egregious answer; an answer that the more you look into, the more you start to realise that the same old tricks of the past will always be tested, tried, and trialled by all the same types of people — so, who really controls the world? (Or at least are trying to…)

Even before attempting to answer this heavy and rather complicated question, I would like to provide you all with a list of names (a non-exhaustive list of names, I might add):

This list of names serves no purpose other than to encourage you all to look up each of them and understand them somewhat, like: who they are, what they represent, who they serve.

Nevertheless, though, the question of who actually controls the world is a question that comes up quite a lot and can be, and has been, answered in various different ways. One thing I want to make clear from the get-go, however, is that I do not think the answer to this question is a single person — man covered in darkness, nicely dressed in a suit smoking a cigar; a man we will never know the name of — that just seems way out of the realm of possibility to me. Even a large family with centuries of history and power behind them — again, too far-fetched. An international cabal with its fingers in every pie? Hotter… but still not close enough.

So, where am I going? I think it's not to say that there is a specific person, or family, or even group that makes up the world's power plays, all in a synchronised manner, and we're all just the chess pieces being moved from place to point, living by the will of their decisions. I think it's more than that; more complicated, I would say…

It must be instead that there are different factions all across the globe (but mostly in the US, Israel, and Central Europe) all vying for power, fighting for different objectives, different ideologies, and different causes. That's not to say that there isn't overlap, of course, like the fact that every single person mentioned above are all varying levels of Zionists.

For example, 33-year-old Palmer Lucky self-describing as a "radical Zionist", whatever that means… perhaps he just means he so radically supports the state of Israel due to the loyal and longing support they have shown his drone company these past two years; after all, 20,000 children don't die on their own.

Alex Karp too. He recently said that because antisemitism is apparently now rampant, that somehow justifies Israel's actions in its war. Right. Maybe instead, my friend, it's just somehow justifiable to you because your company sells its technologies to the genocidal state to carry out even more strikes (AI-enhanced strikes, I might add) in Gaza, killing thousands more in the process, and thereby lining your pockets to abundance. Sad.

How about Miriam Adelson? Widow of Sheldon Adelson; she gave Trump $148 million to his campaign last year. I wonder what exactly she wanted from that? I'll give you a clue, she's a US dual citizen to guess which country…

I digress. What I'm trying to say, though, is that they're all vying for power in their own different ways, all buying their way to the top, united on some issues like Israel and Zionism, divided on some issues also like the extent of support for say Israel and Zionism; you know, whether $10 billion in aid or $15 billion. I promise I'm not being facetious… not even a little.

The fact of the matter here, though, is that politicians don't believe in anything; they're all bought and paid for. Adelson gives Trump $150 billion to his campaign and Trump promises not to say a word against Israel. It's really that simple.

And that, my friends, is who really controls the world — the politicians with their implied power, donors with the actual power, and, of course, Allah with absolute power.

SamiSpeaks, on YouTube, returns in the new year, in shaa Allah.

Jazak Allah khair for your time and attention throughout!

Faithfully, STN.