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U2 Singer Bono Says He Now Realizes Capitalism Helps Poor People, Not Socialist 'Redistribution of Resources' (Video)
Right News Now ^ | 10-25-2022 | Becca London

Posted on 10/26/2022 9:01:32 AM PDT by montag813

by Becca London | RNN

Bono, the lead singer of U2, said that he has realized the redistribution of resources won't help poor people the way that commerce and entrepreneurial capitalism will help them.

The iconic musician and humanitarian made the comments during an interview with the New York Times published Monday. He talked about starting out as a left-wing activist but eventually realizing that capitalism helps the most poor people.

"I ended up as an activist in a very different place from where I started. I thought that if we just redistributed resources, then we could solve every problem. I now know that’s not true," Bono explained.

"There’s a funny moment when you realize that as an activist: The off-ramp out of extreme poverty is, ugh, commerce, it’s entrepreneurial capitalism," he added. "I spend a lot of time in countries all over Africa, and they’re like, eh, we wouldn’t mind a little more globalization actually. I would point out that there has been a lot of progress over the years."

He went on to point out that businesspeople are heroes because they bring jobs to communities.

"Capitalism is a wild beast. We need to tame it," Bono said. "But globalization has brought more people out of poverty than any other -ism. If somebody comes to me with a better idea, I’ll sign up. I didn’t grow up to like the idea that we’ve made heroes out of businesspeople, but if you’re bringing jobs to a community and treating people well, then you are a hero. That’s where I’ve ended up."

He also said he doesn't like seeing people wear shirts with the visage of Che Guevara, the communist fighter who helped a dictatorship seize control of Cuba.

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To: montag813
ESAD!!!



21 posted on 10/26/2022 9:13:38 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: montag813

The capitalist experiment in China, despite all the criticism that can be made, succeeded in feeding their rural poor which communism had failed to do.


22 posted on 10/26/2022 9:14:22 AM PDT by bigbob (z)
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To: montag813

By the way this website has headlines apparently written by people who don’t speak English as a first language.


23 posted on 10/26/2022 9:15:10 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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24 posted on 10/26/2022 9:16:26 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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25 posted on 10/26/2022 9:17:42 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: montag813

Took you long enough!...................😒


26 posted on 10/26/2022 9:20:32 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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27 posted on 10/26/2022 9:20:42 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: montag813

Ah! The obvious truth. He finally found what he was lookin’ for.


28 posted on 10/26/2022 9:20:48 AM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: montag813

Duh!


29 posted on 10/26/2022 9:21:48 AM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: montag813

Bono is full of it. Sales must be down.
https://wmgk.com/2022/09/16/bono-president-obama-got-drunk-together-in-the-white-house/


30 posted on 10/26/2022 9:22:19 AM PDT by Greenidgypsy (I loathe the MSM.)
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31 posted on 10/26/2022 9:22:38 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: montag813

Little slow that one.


32 posted on 10/26/2022 9:22:50 AM PDT by Irenic
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To: montag813

Finally seeing what’s been right in front of his eyes for decades. At least he admits it though.


33 posted on 10/26/2022 9:23:03 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (Remember the 2020 backstabbers. No more RINOs ever!)
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To: montag813

ruh roh.

Cow. Deer. Ewe.


34 posted on 10/26/2022 9:23:30 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: montag813

He also recently discovered that water is wet.


35 posted on 10/26/2022 9:24:27 AM PDT by George J. Jetso
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To: montag813

I’ll wait for the retraction first before I congratulate him and if it doesn’t come then good on him


36 posted on 10/26/2022 9:24:46 AM PDT by frogjerk (More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
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To: proust

A Bono sandwich


37 posted on 10/26/2022 9:25:09 AM PDT by frogjerk (More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
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To: montag813

All the celebrities who sang at the giant charity benefit concerts, for AIDS and “world poverty” need to ask themselves just where all the million$ they raised went to and who really beenfited from them.


38 posted on 10/26/2022 9:26:24 AM PDT by Wuli (ur)
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🤢


39 posted on 10/26/2022 9:27:49 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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