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The Capitalist Threat ( George Soros speaks)
Atlantic Monthly ^
| February 1997
| George Soros
Posted on 02/19/2009 10:01:40 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: CowboyJay
A bit simplified, but over all a 'spot on post'.
Thanks
To: betty boop
Do not depend on the idea that your average American these days has received a proper, liberal (as it used to be called) education. Ever since John Dewey, publicly-financed education has had little if anything to do with the cultivation of the individual human mind by exposing it to the history and culture of the human past, and training it in critical, logical thinking skills. It has not been about encouraging "independent thinking" at all. It has been after the Prussian model that Dewey found so conducive to his purposes singularly devoted to the making of "good citizens" people with marketable skills who make for good, quiet, reliable taxpayers while persuading them that certain problems of human existence ought properly be taken out of their hands and vested in the "wise, expert state" to handle on their behalf.
Indeed. Thank you so very much for your outstanding essay-post, dearest sister in Christ!
To: PAR35; TigerLikesRooster; AndyJackson; Thane_Banquo; nicksaunt; MadLibDisease; happygrl; ...
*Ping!*
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posted on
02/20/2009 9:14:57 PM PST
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: ckilmer
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posted on
02/20/2009 9:16:55 PM PST
by
unkus
To: okie01
After reading the whole article, I was exhausted from all the slogging thru fundamental misconceptions.It wore me out too. It was like watching a dog chase his tail. Soros is trying to square a circle and it just won't work. He rejects the notion of self-evident truth but is fixated on his notion of the open society as though its truth is self evident. He seems to be aware of the contradiction but doesn't have a way to resolve it.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Center for American Progress. By progress they mean Socialism and One World.
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posted on
02/20/2009 11:11:09 PM PST
by
dervish
(Rick Santelli tells it like it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEZB4taSEoA)
To: CowboyJay
Now 3/4 of the country's broke, and the rest are whistling past the graveyard. Enjoy the denial while you can. Wow, 3/4 now? I thought EVERYONE was broke!
Guess what, 3/4 is wrong too.
The exaggeration isn't helping your case.
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posted on
02/21/2009 12:38:42 AM PST
by
TChris
(So many useful idiots...)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
What kind of society do I want? The kind where me and my like-minded friends are on top, of course. What a dumb question my slave. - George Soros
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posted on
02/21/2009 4:19:57 AM PST
by
1010RD
(First Do No Harm)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
These radical control freaks like Soros create words without meaning - What is an Open Society?
From Wikipedia: The open society is a concept originally developed by philosopher Henri Bergson. In open societies, government is responsive and tolerant, and political mechanisms are transparent and flexible. The state keeps no secrets from itself in the public sense; it is a non-authoritarian society in which all are trusted with the knowledge of all. Political freedoms and human rights are the foundation of an open society.
What these numb skulls are describing is the United States of the 19th century, coupled with the technical advances of the 21st that allow us to "know" more than our government thinks we should. Yet their solution is more government power over your life and less transparency.
Obama promised to give the American people five days to review anything he signed before he signed it. He reneged on that promise right away.
Real transparency comes from liberty. The freedom to choose not to participate. Soros and his fellow travelers believe they should force you into their "open society". Manipulation and shadows are their tools in trade.
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posted on
02/21/2009 4:54:16 AM PST
by
1010RD
(First Do No Harm)
To: sauropod
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posted on
02/21/2009 5:05:53 AM PST
by
sauropod
(An expression of deep worry and concern failed to cross either of Zaphod's faces - hitchhiker's guid)
To: TChris
Guess what, 3/4 is wrong too.
Really? How many people do you think:
1) Lost their primary means of employment?
2) Have had to relocate or take pay cuts to remaing employed?
3) Lost a good part of the value of their 401K?
4) Lost a good portion of the perceived equity in their house?
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posted on
02/21/2009 5:09:55 AM PST
by
CowboyJay
(Bobby Jindal - Refusing the job DC tried to pull)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Its not a free market when corrupt government officials are intervening. It's not a free market when tax cheats are regulating businesses. Its not a free market when tax cheats are regulating businesses. Its not a free market when sleazy plaintiff lawyers use litigation to extort money out of businesses. Its not a free market when scum bag currency traders use insider information to manipulate currency..
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posted on
02/21/2009 6:29:45 AM PST
by
Kid Shelleen
(Barack the Messiah: Never in the field of US politics have so many waited so long for so little.)
To: rabscuttle385
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I’ve always believed Soros had something to do with the timing of the economic meltdown here, much as he manipulated the markets in Asia and currency in the UK. He is one evil man.
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posted on
02/21/2009 6:36:05 AM PST
by
EDINVA
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
02/21/2009 9:14:59 AM PST
by
GOPJ
(.The MSM will trumpet every hard luck story that puts Santelli in his place. Pray for Santelli...)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Fred Nerks; justiceseeker93; ..
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posted on
02/21/2009 2:42:13 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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To: penelopesire; twigs
It was an interview Soros did with someone(cant remember the name) and he was asked about it and said that yes he did it and then he was asked if he felt any remorse...he said..of course not. I'm pretty sure it was an interview in Jewish World Review. His father Tivador Soros also wrote a book designed to whitewash the collaboration, but it also documents it to some extent.
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posted on
02/21/2009 2:47:50 PM PST
by
Sal
(Present Narcissus has chains all ready for you dopes. Dope and chains you CAN believe in.)
To: SandWMan
Now, after I have made my billions, we need socialism for everyone else Yep. God forbid that younger, smarter, better men would catch up or pass him...
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posted on
02/21/2009 2:49:23 PM PST
by
Sal
(Present Narcissus has chains all ready for you dopes. Dope and chains you CAN believe in.)
To: penelopesire
Just got down to your link to the American Thinker article which I had never seen. It’s very good. The Jewish World Review interview was from quite a few years ago and they do NOT contradict each other.
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posted on
02/21/2009 2:59:04 PM PST
by
Sal
(Present Narcissus has chains all ready for you dopes. Dope and chains you CAN believe in.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
You would think some foreign government would have had Soros assassinated for the damage he caused through currency speculation. People have been killed for less.
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