George Soros:
George Soros (1930–) is a Hungarian-born billionaire. Most people don't know much about him, and his name makes him sound like a Bond villain (plus, his surname is a palindrome). What better guy to portray as the brain to which the entire progressive movement is beholden?[2] The movement is easier to demonize when it seems like it's all the machination of one rich evil, Jewish bastard. In reality, what he's doing is fairly innocuous. Indeed, Soros has done some good in the world by funding district attorneys who oppose the War on (Some) Drugs (so he can smoke dope in Albany?). Perhaps one day the state can mind its own business rather than spending oodles of money on non-violent drug offenders.
It's important to gain some perspective on Soros' actual power. Soros' net worth was $8.3 billion as of 2019, and $32 billion has been spent by him on philanthropy previously; his net worth and his previous expenditures together total $40 billion.[3] Charles and David Koch, two multi-billionaires who regularly donate to conservative causes, could buy and sell Soros' peasant ass two times over due to having a combined net worth of $90 billion.[4] Moreover, in 2001-2012, 92 out of 100 richest U.S. billionaires contributed to a political cause; they have combined wealth of $2200 fucking billion, and they mostly contributed to conservative causes[5]. So why all the fuss about Soros when there are much more powerful people out there?
Despite how stupid this hysteria is, Soros is a favorite boogeyman of the far right. To them, Soros is a dark and mysterious figure who is responsible for astroturfing the entire left wing of not only the United States, but also other countries such as India.[6] Even President Trump, while throwing a fit because of what Soros said about him back in 2016, has gotten in on the action by tweeting in October of 2018 that people protesting against Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination were "paid for by Soros and others."[7] This is only one sign that Soros conspiracy theories have become mainstream.
Even worse, Soros conspiracies seem on the verge of causing real-world violence. Cesar Sayoc, the man behind the 2018 United States mail bombing attempts, drew inspiration from conspiracies that claimed Soros was paying refugees to come to the United States. The FBI learned in 2017 that a far-right militia in New Mexico was training with assault weapons in the hopes of murdering former President Barack Obama, former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and their perceived backer George Soros.[8]
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