Hmm, it's above my pay grade to say which, if not both. :dunno: I've been aware of him for roughly thirty years and have read a fair amount him, as far as his involvement in the financial markets - his name came up in a Money & Banking class when I was getting my MBA
(a few hundred years ago 
). IMO, he's not dissimilar from the Koch brothers, except that ideologically he's on the left instead of the right. Both are ultra-wealthy, market oriented
influencers, who are strict globalists (their main similarity). Where they're somewhat dissimilar is that Soros leans more toward the left and centralized government structures, while at least one of the Koch brothers is an extreme libertarian. They could both be loosely described as "neocons/neolibs". Both are supporters of a
New World Order type globalist world economy. Why? Because it greatly benefits them both. The Kochs are industrialists, so having global free trade makes their operations MUCH more profitable (i.e. being able to freely move labor to the most cost efficient location - they were great supporters of NAFTA). Soros, with his initial funding and ongoing ties to the Rothschild international banking family(s), basically crippled the Bank of England back in the 90s, with a rather ingenious forex play, which netted him roughly a billion dollars on one trade (really, short series of trades) over just
a couple of days - and cost the Bank of England about $6 billion. The episode became known as "Black Wednesday" and changed the basic structure of the BofE's operations going forward. For those who have at least a rough understanding of commodity and/or currency trading, you'll understand the damage done by Soros - but he was "playing by the rules." So Soros benefits from open, cross-border financial market trading.
What I've always found humorous (if not sad) are the people who think that one or the other is "
for them". It's like watching fat, slow chickens cheering for a fox over a wolf... not seeming to realize that both intend to eat them. Both Soros and the Kochs throw just enough chicken feed into the lot to keep the chickens happy, content and loyal. But most of all, they seek to keep them fat (and naive). :yesyes:
Great question, Dino. :hatsoff:
ETA: Can't rep ya, man. Owe ya some. 👍
