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After reflecting on his support of a losing Democrat for president, George Soros steps back to revisit his views on why George Bush's policies around the world fall short in the arenas most important to Soros: democracy, human rights and open society. As a survivor of the Holocaust and a life-long proponent of free expression, Soros understands the meaning of freedom. And yet his differences with George Bush, another proponent of freedom, are profound.
In this powerful essay Soros spel... (show more)
After reflecting on his support of a losing Democrat for president, George Soros steps back to revisit his views on why George Bush's policies around the world fall short in the arenas most important to Soros: democracy, human rights and open society. As a survivor of the Holocaust and a life-long proponent of free expression, Soros understands the meaning of freedom. And yet his differences with George Bush, another proponent of freedom, are profound.
In this powerful essay Soros spells out his views and how they differ from the president's. He reflects on why the Democrats may have lost the high ground on these values issues and how they might reclaim it. As he has in his recent books, On Globalization and The Bubble of American Supremacy, Soros uses facts, anecdotes, personal experience and philosophy to illuminate a major topic in a way that both enlightens and inspires. (show less)
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Soros works through the philosophy behind his economic-politics in a verbal narrative that does well to explain itself. A little repetitive, sincere and relatively convincing.
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Menurut Soros, terlepas dari kontroversi apa dan siapa dirinya, ada 3 kualifikasi yg membuat dirinya bisa berkiprah dalam menggerakan upaya-upaya yang ia percaya sebagai cara untuk membuat "the world a better place", yaitu:
1/ Ia memiliki "conceptual framework". Bekerja tanpa kerangka konsep yang jelas memang tidak akan menghasilkan apa-apa.
2/ Ia memiliki "a firm ethical and political beliefs". Ini semacam dasar keimanan yg mendorong lahirnya nawaitu dan k... (show more)
Menurut Soros, terlepas dari kontroversi apa dan siapa dirinya, ada 3 kualifikasi yg membuat dirinya bisa berkiprah dalam menggerakan upaya-upaya yang ia percaya sebagai cara untuk membuat "the world a better place", yaitu:
1/ Ia memiliki "conceptual framework". Bekerja tanpa kerangka konsep yang jelas memang tidak akan menghasilkan apa-apa.
2/ Ia memiliki "a firm ethical and political beliefs". Ini semacam dasar keimanan yg mendorong lahirnya nawaitu dan karya-karya nyata untuk merubah dunia menjadi tempat yang lebih baik. Kepercayaan dia pada nilai-nilai etis dan politis menjaga agar ia tetap berada pada koridor kebajikan.
3/ Ia memiliki uang yang sangat banyak, yang ia tulis dalam kalimat "I made a lot of money" :)
Kualifikasi ini sepertinya juga diperlukan oleh teman-teman di Indonesia yang akan terjun memasuki dunia politik. (show less)
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