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I like that openly funding dems and hidden money funding repubs equals Democratic boogieman. Big brain stuff.

Until they find some of this hidden money, I'll remain skeptical that the donations were in any way balanced across parties.

I don't think it's far-fetched, but it's a pretty convenient claim for Democrats that the other donations are not on the record.

>Soros-type supervillain

As in, someone who survived the Holocaust and uses his money to promote democracy around the world?

Democracy is a beloved system of billionaires because they are able to pressure the weak men in power with money.

what's the better option

You already know the answer but you also know that we can't talk about it on the "open" internet.

Laws that preclude the existence of billionaires...

I agree that society should be structured more like it was in the post-war era - to the end of a better distribution of wealth, but there are always going to be powerful actors with interests contrary to yours, whoever you are, whatever you believe, whether that power is through business, religion, unions, wealth, or international relations. Solving the issue of billionaires cuts off one head, but it doesn't fix human weakness to influence

Soros gets demonised by the right because he’s Jewish, but he’s still no friend of the working class and has no interest in actual democracy. Like most capitalists, he funds people and systems that benefit the profits of his faction of capital.

I thinking funding the Central European University in Budapest originally with full scholarships to poorer Hungarian students is in the spirit of democracy and helps working class people.

Could you highlight what part of his philanthropy you disagree with?

Polanski survived the Holocaust.

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