Re: Soros & immiseration

[Carl Remick <carlremick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Carl Remick wrote:
>
> > > From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > As far as I can tell, Soros made most of his money from other, less
> > > clever
> > > speculators - not by squeezing the proletariat.
> >
> > We've been over this before, but I would say being a billionaire is ipso
> > facto evidence of crimes against humanity and is at the very least
> > contrary
> > to the essence of democracy.
>
> The ultimate source of all those billions is squeezing the
> proletariat, no doubt about it. I wrote a whole book on the topic, in
> fact. But Soros' speculation is more about redistributing the booty
> than creating it.

Sure, but it's Soros all by himself, guided by the usual billionaire's whim
of iron, who decides just where this booty gets redistributed.

(BTW, to hell with Ted Turner too.)

Carl