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The '''Bilderberg group''' is a [[globalist]] international organization made up of [[liberal elite]]s from the [[political]], [[financial]], [[academic]] and [[military]] realms who come together annually to discuss world affairs. The name was chosen from the Dutch hotel where it held its first meeting in 1954.<ref>[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20010.html Bilderbergers excite conspiracists] Politico, March 15, 2009</ref> The group meets once a year by annual invitation-only conference and includes 150 [[North America]] and [[Western Europe]] influential figures. No other events are held and no policy statements are issued. Bilderberg meetings are closed to the press, participants are asked not to publicly discuss the proceedings and the attendee list is only occasionally released.

The '''Bilderberg group''' is a [[globalist]] international organization made up of [[liberal elite]]s from the [[political]], [[financial]], [[academic]] and [[military]] realms who come together annually to discuss world affairs. The name was chosen from the Dutch hotel where it held its first meeting in 1954.<ref>[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20010.html Bilderbergers excite conspiracists] Politico, March 15, 2009</ref> The group meets once a year by annual invitation-only conference and includes 150 influential figures from [[North America]] and [[Western Europe]]. No other events are held and no policy statements are issued. Bilderberg meetings are closed to the press, participants are asked not to publicly discuss the proceedings and the attendee list is only occasionally released.

[[Conservative]] critics, with good reason, believe the Bilderberg group is working to undermine – and eventually completely do away with – [[national sovereignty]] and establish a globalist [[utopia]] and [[one-world government]] that subverts the will of the [[working class]] and other regular Americans. U.S. Representative [[Ron Paul]] feared the group’s influence. "And my biggest concern is what they preach: [[Keynesian economics]] and interventionism and world planning," and "They do believe in a powerful centralized government."

[[Conservative]] critics, with good reason, believe the Bilderberg group is working to undermine – and eventually completely do away with – [[national sovereignty]] and establish a globalist [[utopia]] and [[one-world government]] that subverts the will of the [[working class]] and other regular Americans. U.S. Representative [[Ron Paul]] feared the group’s influence. "And my biggest concern is what they preach: [[Keynesian economics]] and interventionism and world planning," and "They do believe in a powerful centralized government."