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Skeptoid #649: George Soros Conspiracy Theories

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2018

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

George Soros remains the focus of many anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.

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0:00.0

Unfortunately, the history of conspiracy theories is tightly bound to chronic anti-Semitism,

0:10.4

and has been for centuries, if not millennia.

0:13.4

And so it's a tragic certainty that many such conspiracy theories will seek for their

0:18.4

villain, one of the wealthiest and most influential people in the world, who happens to be of

0:24.0

Jewish ancestry.

0:25.8

George Soros

0:27.8

This episode will see if any of the claims have any validity, even though it's pretty

0:31.9

easy to guess that answer.

0:33.9

George Soros conspiracy theories are coming right up, Unskeptoid.

0:43.1

You're listening to Skeptoid.

0:44.6

I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

0:48.2

George Soros conspiracy theories.

0:52.2

One sad aspect of any conversation about conspiracy theories is that it's impossible to

0:57.7

avoid anti-Semitism.

1:00.1

Adding the element of racism makes any conversation distasteful, and it sadly runs rampant through

1:05.9

much of the conspiracy theory community.

1:08.6

Thus we see this hatred in these claims condense around prominent Jewish figures, none more

1:14.7

so than George Soros, the billionaire investor and major donor to liberal and progressive

1:20.6

politics and causes worldwide.

1:23.8

Soros was the very first pipe bomb sent to liberal figures nationwide by an alt-right

1:28.5

activist in 2018.

1:31.1

It's not hard to find just about any horrific claim you want about Soros, everything

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