Financier George Soros funded eastern European dissident groups in 1980s

Comment: Soros works for the U.S., not the other way around. Those who believe that the "elite" bankers call the shots in America are either brainwashed or purveyors of disinformation. Here is a tangentially related article:

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From the mid-1980s, Hungarian-born investor and philanthropist George Soros pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into foundations in Eastern Europe dedicated to promoting the idea of the "open society" and challenging the region's Soviet-backed regimes. Here, writing exclusively for CNN.com, he describes how the work of his foundations ultimately contributed to the collapse of communism.


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