Posted on 09/21/2016 9:05:33 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
Very leftist magazine IMO.
Still see them as evil controllers - just unfortunate they happen to be Jewish.
I know what you’re saying.
But what is the family business? Isn’t it world domination, creation of change agents, One World-ism, redistribution of power via redistribution of citizens/residents?
Several of the scions are involved with the main and subsidiary NGOs already established in just these enterprises. One is an investment banker. One produces films. The brother controls ports and shipping. The sons are all young. Respectively, I’m sure they each have their own NGOs, all sit on every family BOD, one has a firm likely managing the family trusts/portfolios, which are separate from their personal, discretionary fortunes.
I know one family similarly liberal, wealthy and not as powerful or evil. As you say: when the third generation patriarch died, the family interests were broken up and distributed among the heirs of three brothers. Fourth generation is spread out all over the map geographically and interest-wise and wealth is seemingly no longer concentrated, but:fifth generation is allowing a 4th gen to manage the portfolio, only it is now more diverse. All sit on BODs, all manage NGOs, all have their own Foundations, all contribute to the same side of the political spectrum. They are now involved in business, finance,film and media,education, the military (retired general officer) and religion. Family firm advises and co-ordinates finances, even acting as owner of record for subsidiary real estate holdings of a large number of related individuals. There are a lot of them, so many internecine spats and competitions, but if you look closely, they interlock, co-ordinate and complement each other in many ways. Serial marriages results in spreading the influence network. Sure, many just suck on the vast active income, but, as they mature, they get serious and there is always a slot for them somewhere influential. Or for their children and grandchildren.
I’d say, not so fast writing off the Soros clan. It’s more like an iceberg and we only see the top protrusions. Many are still just enjoying their privilege. In twenty years, they will yearn for legacy and be in positions to slide in wherever they wish, through outright purchase, family connections or an expanded network. They will live long, healthy lives. Wealth and privilege does not mean dissolution or stupidity. A big enough sample insures some geniuses emerge.
I no longer am close to the family members I knew, but I occasionally check on their present status. I see a core without diminution of means or opportunity and, from what I can discern at a distance, their motives are still coordinated and parallel those of Clan Soros. There are many such families around the world, no longer confined to the original family business,with at least one financier and one innovator in each generation able to marshal the assets of the entire clan when necessary.
I shudder to think down the line another thirty years when it is possible the mere multi-billionaires are all trillionaires, intermarried and manage to throw up descendants who hark back to the ruthlessness of the patriarch(s), just waiting for a favorable confluence of events.
In the 21st century, I’m not convinced one family must control a single aspect of commerce. In fact, one could argue that in this instance, diversity actually is a strength, since the environment changes swiftly and distribution ensures some thrive, some survive, even if some fail.
Imagine a scenario where a Soros grandchild marries into one of the Euro royal families. Or a Rothschild, perhaps. Or both, one after the other. What is the inheritance of their children? What vast accumulations of power could result? The possible lives of these people are the stuff of dystopian fantasy romance novels. Not hard to imagine a vampire strain in the Soros line.
Eventually, at least one of these people will sit on or lead a Star Chamber. And it is average people who will be called before it.
Eventually, at least one of these people will sit on or lead a Star Chamber. And it is average people who will be called before it.
A family that lost a great deal of their wealth in WWII and are now only minor layers but get hauled out when people need a boogieman to scare small children.
I have to go with my own personal view of the Rothschilds. I must concede I have not done any research on the present status of this family. I know that in my native country, England simply that the name meant great wealth. Rothschild bankrolled England with funds to build the mighty Suez Canal. The French engineered it under De Lesseps. The poor Egyptian labourers slaved to complete it in 1867. The British guarded it.
The real story of Downton Abbey is based on Almina, the illegitimate daughter of Baron Albert Rothschild. Her mother was Mina Wombwell, a married woman. Almina inherited huge wealth when her father died. She married into high society to Lord Carnarvon in 1895.
.....and are now only minor players.
Don't mistake me, they are not living under bridges in a cardboard boxes, but in comparison to the wealth and power others have accumulated since they are pikers.
A good comparison is to the Vanderbilt family here in the US. Their name was once a byword for great wealth. Now they are in the same position. Not exactly starving but no where near what they once were.
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