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Liberal billionaire George Soros donated $33million to social justice organizations which helped turn events in Ferguson from a local protest into a national flashpoint.
The handouts, revealed in tax filings from Soros's private foundation, were given to dozens of different groups which weighed in on the crisis.
Organizers from professional groups in Washington, D.C., and New York were bussed into the Missouri town to co-ordinate messaging and lobby to news media to cover events using the billionaire's funding.
Billionaire George Soros spent $33MILLION bankrolling Ferguson demonstrators to create 'echo chamber' and drive national protests
Kenneth Zimmerman (director of Mr. Soros‘ Open Society Foundations’ U.S. programs) said OSF has been giving to these types of groups since its inception in the early ‘90s, and that, although groups involved in the protests have been recipients of Mr. Soros‘ grants, they were in no way directed to protest at the behest of Open Society.
originally posted by: wasaka
a reply to: xuenchen
Two words: Hegelian Dialectic
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a 19th century German philosopher who devised a particular dialectic, or, method of argument for resolving disagreements. To put it simply, the basis of Hegelianism dictates that the human mind can’t understand anything unless it can be split into two polar opposites. Good / Evil, Right / Wrong, Left / Right.
Another form of the Hegelian Dialectic is Problem – Reaction – Solution. It has been widely used by our governments and corporations around the world. You could say that in terms of controlling the masses, and society in general, it’s deployment has been an effective tool in keeping humanity in check.
Almost all major events in history employ the Hegelian Dialectic of: Problem – manufacture a crisis or take advantage of one already in place in order to get the desired Reaction of public outcry whereby the public demands a Solution which as been predetermined from the beginning.
The Soros cash was also put to work driving buzzwords and social media campaigns to propel Ferguson into the national consciousness.
originally posted by: xuenchen
a reply to: Elton
well *OF Course* they say THAT !!!!
Mr. Soros spurred the Ferguson protest movement through years of funding and mobilizing groups across the U.S., according to interviews with key players and financial records reviewed by The Washington Times.
In all, Mr. Soros gave at least $33 million in one year to support already-established groups that emboldened the grass-roots, on-the-ground activists in Ferguson, according to the most recent tax filings of his nonprofit Open Society Foundations.
George Soros spent $33MILLION bankrolling Ferguson
originally posted by: FlyersFan
George Soros spent $33MILLION bankrolling Ferguson
I'm having a hard time understanding the psychology behind something like that. Why would anyone bankroll riots? How does it help his own bank account? I can see people with big $$$ bankrolling things that would help their own bottom line in the long run but I'm not seeing how this could. Was it just for political gain? And if so, how does that political gain help his bottom line? Isn't that what it's all about, the bottom line?? I'm trying to follow this logic, and I'm having a hard time doing so.
originally posted by: theantediluvian
originally posted by: xuenchen
a reply to: Elton
well *OF Course* they say THAT !!!!
Here's what else the Washington Times said:
Mr. Soros spurred the Ferguson protest movement through years of funding and mobilizing groups across the U.S., according to interviews with key players and financial records reviewed by The Washington Times.
In all, Mr. Soros gave at least $33 million in one year to support already-established groups that emboldened the grass-roots, on-the-ground activists in Ferguson, according to the most recent tax filings of his nonprofit Open Society Foundations.
So groups that receive money from one of Soros' foundations (there's a bunch of them as I'm sure you know) "emboldened" protesters? What does that mean? As I understand it, the word "embolden" is actually GOP lingo for "caused something to happen in some way we can't explain." Is Soros able to see the future? According to the Times, he dedicated "years of funding" in anticipation of Michael Brown being shot dead in the streets of Ferguson? Well I guess we know how he got rich!
Here I thought you were all for billionaires using their money to influence the public? I've never seen anything but defense of the Koch brothers from you and the Koch brothers not only fund Tea Party groups, but FOUNDED the granddaddy of them all, CSE (Citizens for a Sound Economy).
Can we then agree that by your logic, the Tea Party operates at the direction of the Koch brothers? Or do you think the Kochs "pour money into something for nothing?" I'm just curious how anyone can reconcile these seemingly contradictory positions!
Oh well, what can you expect from a newspaper that was founded to manufacture conservative propaganda by a Korean cult leader and self-professed messiah (Sun Myung Moon)?
You tried your best to provide a conflicting opinion based upon fact, but I am confused as to believe your opinion or to fortify my opinion based upon the additional information that you provided from the source?
I am also more confused by your attempt to paint the evil Tea Party and the Koch brothers as the culprits of something they had nothing to do with nor the purpose of the OP.
Perhaps I am just sensing desperation in covering up a negative of wrong doing from your aisle of church?
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