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๐ŸงตTHREAD: GEORGE SOROS, THE MASTERMIND

Today's systems of NGOs isn't accidental - it was laid out in a vision 30 years ago by none other than George Soros.

I joined @MikeBenzCyber on a livestream last night, where he was kind enough to walk us through the basics.

As my bio says, I am just a tool builder. I am not a historian or academic. The information in this thread is common knowledge for many. It wasn't for me.

I want to walk you through an essay which Mike pointed me to- a chilling essay written in 1993 by George Soros, "Toward a New World Order: The Future of NATO"Image
The essay lays out a new mission for NATO after the cold war. NATO would no longer be a defensive alliance against Russia - that is obsolete. Instead, it would proactively go out and shape other countries into "open societies." "[๐‘ต๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ถ'๐’” ๐’๐’†๐’˜] ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’”๐’• ๐’…๐’†๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’Ž๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’๐’๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐’”๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’”."
Soros re-defined peace and security not as absence of war, but in terms of how many countries are "open societies."

โ€œ๐‘ท๐’†๐’‚๐’„๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’†๐’„๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’š... ๐’…๐’†๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’… ๐’‡๐’Š๐’“๐’”๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’†๐’Ž๐’๐’”๐’• ๐’๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’”๐’–๐’„๐’„๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’‡๐’–๐’ ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’ ๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’ ๐’”๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’•๐’š.โ€

In other words, NATO's new mission: if a country doesn't adopt Western-style capitalism and liberalism, NATO should step in... politically, economically, and eventually, militarily.Image
๐Ÿง  What is an "Open Society?"

The term was coined by philosopher Karl Popper and expanded in this 1993 essay. Soros, of course, would go on to build a coalition of NGOs and interfere in the US Elections under his "Open Society Foundation" banner.

Here are the elements of an "Open Society" in theory:
๐Ÿ”นDemocracy
๐Ÿ”นFree markets
๐Ÿ”นCivil rights
๐Ÿ”นMinority protections
๐Ÿ”นTransparency
๐Ÿ”นA "global" rules-based order

In practice, Open Society means something very different. Let's go through the essay.
๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜†: ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜.

Soros Quote:
"๐‘ถ๐’‘๐’†๐’ ๐’”๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’•๐’š ๐’Š๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’... ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’‘๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’‚๐’„๐’• ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’”๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’‡๐’†๐’„๐’• ๐’–๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ. ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐’”๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’•๐’š ๐’๐’ ๐’Š๐’•๐’” ๐’…๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’‚๐’."

Translation:
You're an open society if you accept our interpretation of pluralism and Western values. Otherwise, we'll label you "closed," even if your people elect their leaders or protect cultural traditions. And this gives us pretext to justify military actions on you.Image
๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

Soros quote:
โ€œ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’“๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐’๐’†๐’†๐’… ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’†๐’๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’ ๐’…๐’†๐’Ž๐’๐’„๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’„, ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’“๐’Œ๐’†๐’•-๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’•๐’†๐’…, ๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’ ๐’”๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’”.โ€

Translation: We pour aid into countries that remake themselves in Soros' image. And no amount of money is too much to accomplish that- because, again, we have redefined "peace" to mean "as many countries follow the Open Society model as possible."

And if aid fails, then military intervention is next.Image
Take a moment to think about this.

What do you think this means for anyone who is opposed to foreign aid?

They are agents of "closed societies."
They are a threat to national security.
Ergo...
They are a threat to democracy.

Sound familiar?
๐Ÿ‘‰๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†'๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€.

Soros quote:
โ€œ[Combatting closed societies] ๐’Š๐’๐’—๐’๐’๐’—๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’…๐’†๐’Ž๐’๐’„๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’„ ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’ ๐’”๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’†๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’…๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Ž ๐’Š๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’„๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’˜๐’‰๐’Š๐’„๐’‰ ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’๐’–๐’…๐’†๐’” ๐’„๐’†๐’“๐’•๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’“.โ€

This point is perhaps the most ironic one. A "Democracy" according to George Soros is not decided by its own citizens. Instead, NATO's new mission is to impose their own ideology on others and build countries which agree with Soros.Image
๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜†.

Soros quote:
โ€œ๐‘ถ๐’๐’๐’š ๐’Š๐’ ๐’„๐’‚๐’”๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’…๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’”๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’†๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’†.โ€

Translation - if bribing a country with endless amount of foreign aid doesn't work to transform them from inside out, then NATO will intervene. And that's exactly what NATO did with Bosnia in 1994.
๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ก๐—”๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

Soros:
โ€œ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’†, ๐’Š๐’‡ ๐‘ต๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ถ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’š ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’, ๐’Š๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‹๐’†๐’„๐’• ๐’Š๐’•๐’” ๐’‘๐’๐’˜๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’๐’‡๐’๐’–๐’†๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’“๐’†๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’”๐’• ๐’…๐’†๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’Ž๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’๐’๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐’”๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’”.โ€

Translation: NATO's new job is not to defend member states, but to expand its presence eastward and actively shape the internal politics of neighboring states, especially the post-Soviet bloc.Image
๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ก๐—š๐—ข๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ.

This isn't a theoretical essay. Washington implemented the playbook.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 1994: Partnership for Peace launched
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 1999: NATO admits Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2004: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria join
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2008โ€“2022: Ukraine, Georgia seek NATO pathway
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2023: Finland joins NATO, Sweden follows
Why did everyone go along with this model? Simple. Enormous amounts of money was involved. Here's a list who benefited:

๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ผ NGO Networks (Open Society Foundations, USAID, NED)
โ†’ More influence, more contracts, more justification for expansion

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Bureaucrats & Diplomats
โ†’ Career advancement via โ€œdemocracy-buildingโ€ missions

๐Ÿ’ฐ International Donors & Foundations
โ†’ Steer reforms through grant-making power

๐Ÿ’ณ IMF & World Bank
โ†’ Lend to reforming nations in exchange for austerity + influence

๐Ÿข Private Equity & Multinationals
โ†’ Buy up privatized industries on the cheap (telecoms, oil, infrastructure)

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Western-Aligned Politicians
โ†’ Receive aid, praise, and protection... even if theyโ€™re corrupt or undemocratic

๐Ÿ‘‘ Post-Communist Oligarchs
โ†’ Enrich themselves through Western-advised privatization

๐Ÿ“ฐ Journalists & Activists
โ†’ Funded by Western grants, shielded from local accountability

๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿซ Professors & Think Tanks
โ†’ Get fellowships, scholarships, media access for pushing "open" values

๐Ÿ“ฑ Big Tech
โ†’ Enter new markets post-liberalization (data access, censorship tools, ad revenue)

๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ Mainstream Media
โ†’ Shape narratives, control legitimacy labels: โ€œreformerโ€ vs โ€œstrongmanโ€
And if you dare to cut off that money spigot... in other words, if you practice any kind of populist principles or try and assert agency for your own nation:

You are an enemy of democracy.

Because George Soros said so.

/Thread end ๐Ÿงต
I keep messing up this thread. Here is the continuation:
FINAL NOTE:
Don't confuse George Soros's model of NATO promoting "open societies" with being anti-communist.

Soros didn't oppose the Soviet Union because it was communist.

He opposed it because it was nationalist. It resisted foreign influence and maintained centralized control over its own ideology and borders.

His vision of an "open society" blends left-wing radicalism (identity politics, anti-tradition, anti-sovereignty) with globalist structures (NGOs, Western institutions, and transnational finance).

The more you read his writings, the clearer it becomes that "Open Society" is a circular label for regimes that accept Soros-style politics.

Anyone who resists this framework is cast as an enemy of "democracy." And if you're MAGA, that means you.

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๐Ÿงต THREAD: The worldview of George Soros, the self-styled Messiah who reshaped the modern age

He once admitted:
"If truth be known, I carried some rather potent messianic fantasies with me from childhoodโ€ฆ But when I had made my way in the world I wanted to indulge my fantasies to the extent that I could afford."

And indulge them he did.

Iโ€™ve written many threads about Soros, but never one that lays out his ideology in full, why his money carried more weight than Rockefeller or Bezos, why his methods proved uniquely disruptive.

Sorosโ€™s time is running short. But the system he engineered, the ripple effects of his philosophy, will outlive him by generations.

The question isnโ€™t whether we agree with him. Itโ€™s whether weโ€™re willing to study his playbook... and use the same tools ourselves.

Stay with me as I pull this thread together.Image
As we will soon see, Soros played a non-trivial role in the collapse of the Soviet Union.

In the 1960s and 1970s, he developed a financial theory called reflexivity. He went onto applying it to be one of the most successful hedge fund managers ever, if not hte most successful.

He found that it applied to history as well as finances and used it to hasten the Soviet Union's collapse.Image
What is reflexivity?

Traditional economics assume that price is a reflection of market facts. That everything settles to its usual price.

Soros assumed the opposite: Prices are always wrong, but not only that, but and prices reshape facts. Image
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Aug 26
๐Ÿงต THREAD: Why the UK Can't Deport Refugees, Even Criminal Ones

A Scottish teenโ€™s viral clash with a migrant, and a MPโ€™s new report on R*pe G*ngs, have reignited debate over asylum and deportation in Britain.

This thread will detail:
โš–๏ธ what treaties the UK signed onto
โœˆ๏ธ why deportations get blocked again and again
๐Ÿ’ท the financial incentives built into the system

Itโ€™s more complex โ€” and more instructive for the US โ€” than most headlines admit.

Patience while I pull the thread togetherโ€ฆ ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ“œImage
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First, if you haven't already seen @RupertLowe10 's report, here it is: Image
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@RupertLowe10 Two UNHCR treaties, the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol, form the foundation for international refugee law. Image
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Aug 22
Ghislaine Maxwell Transcripts Summary

๐Ÿ”น Maxwell denies the charges that she solicited women for Epstein. Rather, these millions Epstein paid were for business reasons.
๐Ÿ”นMaxwell says she did NOT see underage girls involved or anything "non-consensual" or anything improper.
๐Ÿ”นMaxwell says there has never been a list. No blackmail and explicitly calls any rumor of intelligence agency ties "bullshit."

Other details:
๐Ÿ”นEpstein managed the money of Elizabeth Johnson (J&J heir) in the 90s
๐Ÿ”นEpstein had a business relationship with Jes Stanley (former CEO of Barclays)
๐Ÿ”นEpstein helped Lynn de Rothschild financially (although Maxwell says Rothschild will deny it).
๐Ÿ”นEpstein and Andrรฉs Pastrana (Colombia president) traveled together to Colombia and met with Castro in Cuba.
๐Ÿ”นLarry Summer was a personal friend of Epstein.
๐Ÿ”นMaxwell thinks she met Alex Soros at an event but doesn't remember the exact context.
๐Ÿ”นSergey Brin held a birthday party, possibly with Epstein (I can't tell from transcript), and Elon Musk was present.
๐Ÿ”นBobby Kennedy knew Epstein, she learned that on a dinosaur bone hunting trip (of all things)...
๐Ÿ”นMaxwell says Trump seemed friendly with Epstein, but explicitly says she never saw anything improper.
๐Ÿ”นEpstein for some reason loved inviting scientists like Stephen Jay Gould for dinner and talking science with them.Image
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Transcripts are here - I am as surprised as any of you:
Maxwell says that the money paid to her weren't actual direct payments; rather, they were loans of various sorts to buy and flip properties together. Image
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Aug 22
๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ’ฃ THREAD: John Bolton: The Man Who Never Saw a War He Didnโ€™t Like ๐Ÿ’ฃ๐Ÿšจ

John Bolton got his start as Reagan's assistant administrator of USAID -- a time when USAID was dramatically re-transformed from Nixon-era "New Directions" third-world assistance to being contingent on "Democracy & Governance" Cold War goals.

This thread unpacks:
1๏ธโƒฃ His obsession with staying in wars forever
2๏ธโƒฃ How his NGO & think-tank gigs kept him flush with hawkish donors
3๏ธโƒฃ His time in the Trump administration and why his home got searched

As always, patience as I pull this together. ๐ŸงตImage
In his most infamous video where he was handed a grenade trophy, he says:
"I was in charge of policy and budget at USAID during the Reagan administration, when we undertook a major effort to fix it. And I'm going to show you my farewell present from AID. You can see itโ€™s a hand grenade. And it says on it: โ€˜John R. Bolton, Truest Reaganaut, AID 1983. This is a style of government."
I assume that to mean that Bolton "invented" D&G. Democracy and Governance emerged as a new USAID category in the 1980s as a way of countering Soviet funding in Latin America, particularly El Salvador -- but did not end after the Cold War. "Democracy assistance" spawned to a montrosityImage
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