Last year, devoted Soros a large part of his speech in Davos to Donald Trump, and Vladimir Putin as the major threats to democracy. Otherwise, he warned for the digital giants – Google, Facebook, with more – negative role, and the alliance he saw emerging between the rich it-the monopolies and authoritarian governments, in order to monitor the citizens.
Now, he went instead to the rancorous attacks against the one-party state China, the world’s most populous country, and especially against president Xi Jinping, which he called ”the most dangerous enemy to the world’s open societies”.
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, today 88 years old, has for years been a target for hate attacks from ultranationalister and extremhögergrupper.
Not least in his homeland, Viktor orban’s government engaged in an openly anti-semitic campaign against Soros, who has been accused of the most grotesque things; as that he stood behind flyktingvågen from the muslim world to Europe – all dedicated to undermining the christian western civilization.
Last year, spoke to Soros about how the open society threatened by various forms of dictatorship states like Putin’s Russia, and to Trump in the united states would want to establish a mafia state, which is something he can’t, because the constitution and other institutions and a vibrant civil society put a stop to it.
– The most dangerous thing is if these authoritarian leaders work together on how best to oppress their populations, Soros said this year at its traditional dinner in Davos.
history, when he as a 13-year-old experienced how the German nazis occupied Hungary and began deporting the jews to extermination camps.
” But I was lucky enough that my father understood what was at stake and arranged the documents, and secret hiding places for us jews. This year of 1944 was a decisive experience in my life and helped me to understand the importance of the political regime that will take the upper hand.
When the nazi regime in the following year was replaced by the Soviet occupation left the George Soros of his country and received asylum in England.
the authoritarian regime in the world, declared Soros in his speech, but undoubtedly the most powerful, strongest and with the most developed machinery for artificial intelligence, AI.
– It allows Xi Jinping to the most dangerous enemy to those who believe in an open society. But Xi is not alone. Authoritarian regimes are spreading all over the world, and if they succeed they will become totalitarian.
Soros studied at the London School of Economics, became the financier and created, eventually, a mighty fortune. But then, he told me, he went in 1979 into a life crisis.
” I had money in abundance, more than I needed, and I started the foundation, the Open Society and became a political philanthropist.
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the apartheid regime in south Africa, and then against the dictatorship in the Soviet union.
eventually collapsed, both the apartheid of the soviet empire.
But China is a whole different story. Where can Xi Jinping probably remain for life. But there is an unwritten social contract in China that is based on a constantly rising standard of living. If the economy in China continues to back and the stock market goes bad can this contract be undermined and even get the industry to turn against Xi Jinping.
to Trump the regime, which has declared China as a ”strategic rival”.
While Trump is notoriously unpredictable, but this decision was thoroughly prepared. But an effective policy towards China can not be reduced to a slogan. Instead of being soft against Huawei and other elektronikbolag should the united states strike against them. If these companies will come to dominate the 5G market, they represent an unacceptable risk to the safety of the rest of the world. But, unfortunately, Trump decided to give in to China and declare victory, while he instead goes to the attack against US allies.
In the year abstained Soros from giving any prediction about Trump’s political future. Last year, the predicted he – correctly – that the democratic party in the united states would win a landslide victory in the midterm elections in november 2018, and that there would be a brake for Trump.
It remains to be seen if his second prediction, that Trump is not re-elected in 2020, will turn out.
