He's very kool, as a matter of fact. Possibly insufferable in some ways if you were to know him personally, but a tremendous force for good in our strife torn world none the less. He is the one with common sense gained from personal experience and a deep understanding of world affairs. One of the brightest individuals of our time. He has devoted billions to anti-totalitarian causes around the world. His many heroic actions are little known to fools such as those ill informed souls posting here. I can tell you that he was personally responsible, in a very direct way, and at great physical risk to himself, for saving many lives in Sarajevo. When asked by the Frankfurter Allegemeine Zeitung journalist, Kristina Koenen, "how would you define an open society?", Soros responded as follows: I wouldn't define it. Popper taught me that concepts shouldn't be defined; they should be explained. In my philosophy, open society is based on the recognition that we all act on the basis of imperfect understanding. Nobody is in possession of the ultimate truth. Therefore, we need a critical mode of thinking; we need institutions and interests to live together in peace; we need a democratic form of government that ensures the orderly transfer of power; we need a market economy that provides feedback and allows markets to be corrected; we need to protect minorities and respect minority opinions. Above all, we need the rule of law. Ideologies like fascism or communism give rise to a closed society in which the individual is subjugated to the collective; society is dominated by the state, and the state is in the service of a dogma that claims to embody the ultimate truth. In such a society, there is no freedom. I can also give you a more personal view: An open society is one in which a person like me can live and prosper, As a Jew in Hungary I was hunted by the Nazis, then later I had a foretaste of communist rule in that country, so I know whereof I speak. I emigrated to England when I was 17, and it was as a student at the London School of Economics that I came to understand the difference between open and closed society. See: "Soros on Soros," with Byron Wien and Krisztina Koenen, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Pgs. 112-113, 1995.
This is exactly how every left-wing Government operates except for Switzerland. Disarm the people > Blow out the economy > Give it to rich cronies > Get the peasants addicted to handouts = Pure Dictatorship. It's a recipe for dictatorship, really. The Washington Establishment are working steadfastly in each area
Soros was a Nazi collaborator who assisted the Nazis in hunting and capturing his own Jewish people. In an interview he said he enjoyed the power.
Surprising facts about the globalist financier George Soros, from the book ”Do As I Say (Not As I Do)” updated March 28, 2012 The Globalist Financier George Soros George Soros is a hugely influential yet relatively little known political figure. He is one of the world’s wealthiest men who has amassed much of his fortune through investing in world currencies at points in time shortly before political changes occur which effect the values of those currencies. He is a philanthropist who is frequently well thought of by many and is often perceived as using much of his fortune for creating progressive political change. A look behind the scenes, however, reveals that Soros is a key globalist individual who is essentially a ”front man” for giving a humanitarian and progressive face to globalist agendas. [Note— His supposed speculative investments are often coordinated with the people who create the currency changes he is betting on in the first place, being planned at meetings such as secretive Bilderberg conferences. Soros’ philanthropy has perceived themes of progress and humanitarianism, but it is shown that his influence forwards globalist ulterior motives. His foundations fund left wing information outlets which have an appearance of being legitimate but in fact often disseminate deceptive information, such as the Center for American Progress,MoveOn.org, The Nation, and Think Progress, among many others.] Also it is shown that despite being a publicly outspoken critic of George Bush and Neocon imperialism, Soros has been a large investor along with the Bush family in the Carlyle Group, which is one of the largest elements of the "Military Industrial Complex." Following are points describing the information contained in the chapter of the book Do As I Say (Not As I Do) speaking about George Soros. — Soros became well known during the cold war for funding dissident groups behind the iron curtain and then providing hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to those countries. — In 2003 Soros gave $10 million to the organization ”Americans Coming Together” in an ”urgent crusade” to defeat Bush, and he traveled the United States speaking to college campuses and the media talking about the importance of Bush being defeated in the upcoming election, comparing Bush to a Nazi and saying ”He’s leading the U.S. and the world toward a vicious circle of escalating violence,” and he spoke about how civil liberties would disappear under Bush. [Note— Such rhetoric was staged for ulterior motives, as Soros is one of the ”Bilderberg” global elite, and he knew that the baton would be passed to whatever Democratic Presidency that would be put in place after the Bush presidency to continue the same imperialist agendas, but with Soros then being in a perceived position of righteousness.] — Soros thinks of himself as a philosopher and speaks of a utopian ”open society” existing in equilibrium, that would ”maximize the freedom of individuals to live as they wish,” and Soros has claimed having messianic fantasies since childhood which he says he is now able to live out.(2) [Note— While globalist strategies claim to be utopian in nature, they involve consolidation and transfer of global power to only a few globalist elite individuals through making use of deception of the world’s populace, and such strategies also involve extreme world depopulation which Soros also supports.] — Soros portraits himself as a capitalist that has converted to the leftist cause and uses his money for good, such as to fight capitalism, reverse globalism, and increase taxes for the wealthy. [Note— Soros was able to get away with claims of reversing globalism more in the past as the topic was not well understood by enough people. He is in fact one of the most influential globalists.] ”He supports legalization of drugs, unfettered immigration, and advocates euthanasia and assisted suicide. Among his other causes are abortion rights, atheism, sex education, gun control, and gay marriage.” [Note— Many such stances may seem agreeable to a lot of people, however many of those issues have deeper implications that most left wing media outlets (many funded by Soros) are not willing to discuss.] — Soros was born in 1930 to a Jewish family in Hungary. The Germans invaded Hungary when George was 14 years old, and during the occupation he hid by assuming the identity of a gentile and had a surrogate father whose job was to confiscate the property of Hungarian Jews in order to hand it over to the Germans. After the war, George was able to slip through the Soviet occupation and moved to England where he studied at the London School of Economics, and he eventually moved to the United States for a career of a currency speculator and stock market trader.(4) — Soros started the ”Quantum Fund” in 1973 starting with a few million dollars in assets, and today the fund is worth over $10 Billion. His timing is usually perfect and his choices impeccable for making large profits. [Note— Soros’ success is largely due to being among the highest ranking global elite, where he has advance knowledge and even control over world events which others do not, thus giving him the ability to invest with complete confidence. He could be much wealthier if he wanted to be.] — Soros is publicly critical of capitalism, but his wealth has been accumulated through an extremely predatory form of capitalism known as ”currency speculation,” which bets on values of the currencies of countries rising and falling. Also, his investments are internationally known as a "guarantee," so his merely making a public statement is enough to effect the market, which is an aspect that he has unethically exploited in the past. Soros’ Quantum Fund is established ”offshore,” which exempts it from Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules. — Soros is well known for once betting $10 billion on the British pound in 1992 and then making a $1 billion profit in one day, which ended up heavily costing the British economy and taxpayers. He did similar trades in 1993 with the Danish Kroner,(9) and in 1998 with the Russian Ruble. He also caused economic damage in Asia and then reentered the market purchasing factories and infrastructure at heavily reduced prices.(10) — Soros’s philanthropic efforts almost always serve to empower ulterior motives, such as when he ”opens” previously ”closed” developing countries and then takes ownership of important assets in those countries at bargain prices, such as his giving millions of dollars of aid to Kosovo and then paying $50 million to take ownership of a gold and silver mine claimed to be worth over $5 billion.(13) — Soros has frequently been criticized for his hypocrisy of exploiting the capitalist systems which he publicly criticizes and claims are in need of reform. The American ”left wing” had criticized Soros about his activities in the past, but he has since purchased much of it’s influence and he now dictates agendas of many well-known information sources such as theCenter for American Progress, MoveOn.org, The Nation, and Think Progress, among many others. [Note— At the same time, most other left wing outlets are also now being consolidated and controlled by sources pushing the same pro-globalism agendas. Soros often escapes criticism for his unethical investing practices due to having an image of being a ”humanitarian philanthropist,” but in reality his activities are forwarding deceptive globalist agendas.] — The hypocrisy of Soros is quite extensive— he publicly claims that capitalism needs ”a social conscience,” but his own activities have caused damage to entire countries, he has written about the need for stiffer corporate regulations, but he claims that his own funds do not need such regulation,(23) He advocates higher taxes for the wealthy,(25) but he is a master of avoiding taxation and is even considered a pioneer in doing so by making the practice of using offshore tax havens very popular. — Despite giving speeches comparing George Bush to being a Nazi and currently making himself an icon of the mainstream left wing, Soros has invested at least $100 million in the infamous military contractor "The Carlyle Group" [Note— Which also has the Bush family as major investors.] The group MoveOn.org had criticized the Carlyle group in the past by mentioning names of those involved— except for Soros who largely funds their operation.(See the video The Iron Triangle - The Carlisle Group). — Issues are mentioned concerning Soros’ stance on drug legalization, including his support of legalization of all but the most dangerous drugs, and Soros seems to be positioning himself to profit from eventual legalization by purchasing large tracks of land in South America and forging alliances with South American Coca Leaf producers. [Note— It is shown that drug legalization could be beneficial for many reasons, including allowing the supply of drugs to be controlled and taxed which would reduce crime, hemp could be grown as a very useful commercial crop, and drug abusers could be rehabilitated rather than imprisoned if necessary.] — Soros had contributed a large amount of money to promote campaign finance reform, yet he worked to have those reforms restrain organizations that Soros opposed such as the NRA while at the same time he contributed many millions to forwarding globalist agendas through funding groups such as MoveOn.org. back to top Citations (2) See George Soros interview in The Observer, May 6, 2001; and Rachel Ehrenfeld and Shawn Macomber, ”George Soros: The ‘God’ Who Carries Around Some Dangerous Demons,” Los Angeles Times, October 4, 2004. (4) Joshua Muravchik, ”The Mind of George Soros,” Commentary, March 2004. (9) ”Talkative: George Soros,” The Economist, August 7, 1993. (10) Piali Roy, ”Saint George ( Soros ) the Drachma-Slayer,” This magazine, July-August 2000; and Nigel Holloway, ”How Contrarian,” Far Eastern Economic Review, July 24, 1997. (13) Neil Clark, ”The Billionaire Trader Has Become Eastern Europe’s Uncrowned King and Prophet of ”The Open Society,’” New Statesman, June 2, 2003. (23) Australian Public Radio, ”The Freedom Broker.” (25) Soros, The Crisis, p. 111.
Soros wants a world without borders. People are freely able to travel to any country, any time they choose.
This is the kind of libelous remark that if Soros had not such a public persona you could be sued for. And you would lose big time. The record is just the opposite.
Thank you,, optionpro, for posting something that is largely correct about Soros, but not entirely. There are so many lies about Soros on the internet that it is very refreshing when something that is more than 50% correct shows up. The particular statement above, however, is incorrect. When Soros as a young man was working for a London Bank and beginning his investment career he had none of the advantages the statement above suggests is the reason for Mr. Soros's success. It was only after he achieved great success, through study, shrewdness and hard work, that he acquired the advantages mentioned in the statement I have quoted above. The real reason behind his success his that he is extremely intelligent, very well educated, has a thorough grasp of political economics gained through personal experience, learned from his mistakes, and most importantly, is highly self-disciplined and worked like crazy during his early years at the quantum fund that he and Jim Rogers started. It is bizarre how much this man has been maligned by those who obviously haven't taken any time at all to inform themselves despite the reams of accurate material on George Soros that are available to the public. There is one book I can suggest to you highly as it is among the most cogent and useful books on investing ever written by anyone. It is the "Alchemy of Finance". Another very interesting read is, "The Soros Lectures at the Central European University." Still another, if you care to inform yourself of the philanthropic activities of the Soros funded Open Society Foundation, is, "The Philanthropy of George Soros: Building Open Societies." And there are numerous other books available of course.
And Bill Clinton didn't abuse women who worked for state agencies under his control or White House interns. My understanding is Soros' activities were a matter of record. Of course he was relatively young. I bet that made all the difference to the jews being carted off. Your past only counts if you are a conservative republican. Otherwise it is not relevant.
in america truth is always a complete defense to a claim of libel... and believing this to be true would also be a defense against a public figure... which seems true considering he is such an America destroying... hate america's freedom sob. George Soros Interview On 60 Minutes When the Nazis occupied Budapest in 1944, George Soros' father was a successful lawyer. He lived on an island in the Danube and liked to commute to work in a rowboat. But knowing there were problems ahead for the Jews, he decided to split his family up. He bought them forged papers and he bribed a government official to take 14-year-old George Soros in and swear that he was his Christian godson. But survival carried a heavy price tag. While hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews were being shipped off to the death camps, George Soros accompanied his phony godfather on his appointed rounds, confiscating property from the Jews. (Vintage footage of Jews walking in line; man dragging little boy in line) KROFT: (Voiceover) These are pictures from 1944 of what happened to George Soros' friends and neighbors. (Vintage footage of women and men with bags over their shoulders walking; crowd by a train) KROFT: (Voiceover) You're a Hungarian Jew… Mr. SOROS: (Voiceover) Mm-hmm. KROFT: (Voiceover) …who escaped the Holocaust… (Vintage footage of women walking by train) Mr. SOROS: (Voiceover) Mm-hmm. (Vintage footage of people getting on train) KROFT: (Voiceover) …by–by posing as a Christian. Mr. SOROS: (Voiceover) Right. (Vintage footage of women helping each other get on train; train door closing with people in boxcar) KROFT: (Voiceover) And you watched lots of people get shipped off to the death camps. Mr. SOROS: Right. I was 14 years old. And I would say that that's when my character was made. KROFT: In what way? Mr. SOROS: That one should think ahead. One should understand and–and anticipate events and when–when one is threatened. It was a tremendous threat of evil. I mean, it was a–a very personal experience of evil. KROFT: My understanding is that you went out with this protector of yours who swore that you were his adopted godson. Mr. SOROS: Yes. Yes. KROFT: Went out, in fact, and helped in the confiscation of property from the Jews. Mr. SOROS: Yes. That's right. Yes. KROFT: I mean, that's–that sounds like an experience that would send lots of people to the psychiatric couch for many, many years. Was it difficult? Mr. SOROS: Not–not at all. Not at all. Maybe as a child you don't–you don't see the connection. But it was–it created no–no problem at all. KROFT: No feeling of guilt? Mr. SOROS: No. KROFT: For example that, 'I'm Jewish and here I am, watching these people go. I could just as easily be there. I should be there.' None of that? Mr. SOROS: Well, of course I c–I could be on the other side or I could be the one from whom the thing is being taken away. But there was no sense that I shouldn't be there, because that was–well, actually, in a funny way, it's just like in markets–that if I weren't there–of course, I wasn't doing it, but somebody else would–would–would be taking it away anyhow. And it was the–whether I was there or not, I was only a spectator, the property was being taken away. So the–I had no role in taking away that property. So I had no sense of guilt.