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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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.
By the way this website has headlines apparently written by people who don’t speak English as a first language.
Took you long enough!...................😒
Ah! The obvious truth. He finally found what he was lookin’ for.
Duh!
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/
Little slow that one.
Finally seeing what’s been right in front of his eyes for decades. At least he admits it though.
ruh roh.
Cow. Deer. Ewe.
He also recently discovered that water is wet.
I’ll wait for the retraction first before I congratulate him and if it doesn’t come then good on him
A Bono sandwich
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.
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