Eric Zuesse – The Political Difference between Billionaires and Everybody Else is that the Billionaires have Enough Extra Money to Persuade, Control, the Public

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The Political Difference between Billionaires and Everybody Else is that the Billionaires have Enough Extra Money to Persuade, Control, the Public

Here’s How that works, Regarding Israel’s Plan to Ethnically Cleanse the Gazans Out of Gaza, the Propaganda Phrase for This is that It’s against Only Hamas Instead of against Gazans.

Until Now, Biden has Solidly Backed, while Saying that It must Be Humanely Done, Israel’s Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Gazans Out of Gaza. However, because There Now are Many College Students Protesting Publicly against that Israel US Ethnic Cleansing Operation, and because Israel might Become Charged by the International Criminal Court for Genocide before the November 5th US Elections, US President Biden Recently Reversed himself on that, and Threatens Israel’s Government with A Cut Off of Ammunition and Weapons if Israel will Now Invade Raffah to Complete the Operation. Some of Biden’s Billionaire Donors are Demanding him to Do That , everse his Course on this Matter, but Others of Them, Especially Ethno Centrically Jewish Ones Who live in the US but are Loyal to Israel’s Government instead of to America, Demand that he Not Reverse his Course but Allow the Ethnic Cleansing to Be Completed, Gazans to be Eliminated from Gaza.

Here are Highlights from the Best News Reports thus Far about Both Sides of this Split among America’s Democratic Party Billionaires, over this Issue of Completing, or Not, the Elimination of the Gazans.

On 5 May 2024, Politico headlined “Pro Palestinian Protesters are Backed by A Surprising Source, Biden’s Biggest Donors”, and reported that,

The Donors include Some of the Biggest Names in Democratic Circles, Soros, Rockefeller and Pritzker, According to A POLITICO Analysis.

Two of the Organizers supporting the Protests at Columbia University and on Other Campuses are Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow. Both are Supported by the Tides Foundation, Which is Seeded by Democratic Mega Donor George Soros and was Previously Supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It in Turn supports Numerous Small Non Profits that Work for Social Change.

Soros declined to Comment, but A Spokesperson with the Open Society Foundations, of Which Soros is the Founder and Chairman, said in A Statement that It “Has Funded A Broad Spectrum of US Groups that have Advocated for the Rights of Palestinians and Israelis and for Peaceful Resolution to the Conflict in Israel.” The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Which has Previously Funded the Tides Foundation and Other Groups, said It No Longer has Active Grants to Tides. It Also does Not Support Jewish Voice for Peace or IfNotNow.

Another Notable Democratic Donor Whose Philanthropy has Helped Fund the Protest Movement is David Rockefeller Jr, Who sits on the Board of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. It has Given Nearly $ 500.000 Directly to Jewish Voice for Peace, Which Explicitly describes Itself as Anti Zionist, over the Past Five Years. Rockefeller Brothers has Separately given Grants to Both the Tides Foundation and the Tides Center.

Several Other Groups involved in Pro Palestinian Protests are Backed by A Foundation Funded by Susan and Nick Pritzker, Heir to the Hyatt Hotel Empire, and Supporters of Biden and Numerous Democratic Campaigns, Including $ 6.600 to the Biden Victory Fund A Few Months Ago and More than $ 300.000 during the 2020 Campaign. (…)

On 10 May 2024, Axios Headlined “Biden’s Big Donors Fume over Israel Criticism”, and Opened with A Screen Shot of an Email Message that had Been Sent to President Biden by Another of his Top Billionaire Backers, Haim Saban, I have retyped It Here Exactly as it was Shown to Be in that Screen Shot, though I italicize it Here.

Hi Steve and Anita

Can you Please Share with the President.

Dear President Biden.

WE, the US, as you Stated Numerous Times, believe that Hamas should Be Defeated.
WE, the US, in this case YOU Mr President, have Decided to Stop Sending Munitions to Israel to Achieve the Goal that WE | YOU have Set Up for Israel and Ourselves.
Even beyond Israel, This sends A Terrible Message to Our Allies in the Region, and Beyond, that, We can Flip from Doing the Right Thing to Bending to Political Pressure.
Let’s Not Forget that There are More Jewish Voters, Who Care about Israel, than Muslim Voters that Care about Hamas.
Bad (…) Bad (…) Bad (…) Decision, on All Levels
Please Reconsider.

Thank You. With Respect ,

Haim

Wikipedia’s Article on Saban gives his Background, Having Been “‘Born in Alexandria, Egypt, to an Egyptian Jewish Family. In 1956, the Saban Family Immigrated to Israel, Along with Most of the Egyptian Jewish Community. ^[1]’” He became A Pop Music Performer and Producer, and Then Moved to America in 1983, where he Rapidly Expanded his Business Internationally.

Fox Family

In 1996, News Corporation’s Fox Children’s Network and Haim Saban’s Saban Entertainment Merged to Form Fox Kids Worldwide. ^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16] Also in That Year, the Company Purchased the C&D Library from Jean Chalopin. ^[17]

With the Growing Shift in Children’s Television from Over the Air Programming Blocks to Cable Channels such as Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, the Combined Entity, Half Owned by Haim Saban himself, Sought to Launch A Competitor that would Carry Programming from the Popular Fox Kids Lineup. Eying The Family Channel, News Corporation made an Offer to Purchase IFE through the Fox Kids Worldwide Division in 1997. ^[18]

On July 23, 2001, Saban Announced that he and News Corporation would Sell Fox Family Worldwide Incorporation for $ 5.3 Billion to The Walt Disney Company .^[19] and on October 24, 2001, the Sale was Completed ^[11] and the Network was Renamed ABC Family .^[9] Saban Profited about $ 1.6 Billion from this Sale. ^[9]

Pro Sieben Sat.1

In August 2003, Saban Led A Consortium, which Acquired A Controlling Stake in the Straggling ProSiebenSat.1 Media Group from the Kirch Media Group, the Then Bankrupt German Media Conglomerate. ^[20]

ProSiebenSat.1, is Germany’s Largest Commercial Television Broadcasting Company, Which Owns Five German TV Channels, including ProSieben and SAT.1, Two of the Top Three Stations in Germany. Collectively, ProSiebenSat.1’s Channels Represented Approximately 45% of the German TV Advertising Market at the Time. Saban’s ProSiebenSat.1 Acquisition was the First Time A Foreigner took Control of A Significant German Media Company. ^[9]

Saban oversaw A Successful Business Turnaround of ProSiebenSat.1, Recruiting Former Business Rivals, Ex BSkyB Chief Executive Tony Ball and Former BBC Director General Greg Dyke to the Board of the Company. ^[21]

In March 2007, Saban Capital Group and the Consortium Sold Its Controlling Interest in ProSiebenSat.1 to KKR and Permira, for 22.40 Euros A Share after OriginallyPpaying 7.5 Euros per Share in 2003 .^[22]

Uni Vision

On June 27, 2006, Saban Capital Group Led A Group of Investors Bidding for Univision Communications, the Largest Spanish Language Media Company in the United States. ^[23] Other Investors in the Saban Led Group were Texas Pacific Group of Fort Worth, Texas and Thomas H Lee Partners. The Group was Successful in Acquiring Univision with A Bid Valued at $ 13.7 Billion US Dollar, ^[24] but Sold to Private Equity Firm Searchlight Capital Partners and Ex Viacom Finance Head Wade Davis in 2020. ^[25]^[26]

Saban Music Group

In 2019, Saban Announced that he had Formed the Saban Music Group Backed by $ 500 Million of his Own Capital. The Company will Focus on Global Artists, Particular Latin American, Tapping New Artists and Acquiring Existing Businesses. ^[27]

Views and Opinions

Saban, A Long Time Supporter and Donor of Many Pro Jewish and Israel Causes, has Stated his Main Goal in Multiple Interviews “I‘m A One Issue Guy, and my Issue is Israel.” ^[28]^[6]

Saban became Involved in Politics in the Mid 1990’s when he Felt that Support for Israel was Slipping in the United States.^[8] He says his Views have Shifted over the Years. ^[1]

I used to be A Real Leftist. I Remember Arik Sharon, the Leader of Israel’s Right Wing Likud Party, Coming Here, to my House, A Few Months before Camp David, when he was Still Leader of the Opposition. He told me There would be No Deal because [Yassir] Arafat would Not Sign. I told myself that There was Nothing to Be Done, these Right Wingers were Simply Insane. I had No Doubt that There would Be A Deal and the Problems would Be Resolved. History Proved that Sharon was Right and I was Wrong. In Matters Relating to Security, that Moved me to the Right. Very Far to the Right (…) When There is ATerrorist Attack, I am [Avigdor] Lieberman. Sometimes to the Right of Lieberman. For Two Days I Really Love Lieberman. But Afterward I Come Back to Reality. Look, I don’t See A Solution Today .^[1]

Saban has been A Consistent Donor to the United States Democratic Party According to his Mandatory Federal Election Commission Filings. Mother Jones, in an Analysis of the Major Donors to the Campaigns of 1998 Election Cycle, Ranked Saban 155th among Individual Donors .^[29]

My Guess is that Biden won’t be Swayed by Saban and the other Ethno Centric, Commonly called “Zionist” Jews such as Miriam Adelson, Who has been A Huge Donor to Donald Trump, because of the Likely Decline of Support for Israel among the American Public as the Genocide Charges Increasingly come into News Reporting Even in America.

But What is Important Here is that This is A Conflict between Democratic Party Billionaires, over what US Foreign Policy toward Israel Ought to Be. The Public don’t Come into the Game until they Show in the Voting which Group of Billionaires have Won on the Democratic Party Side.

On the Republican Party Side, it’s the Same Situation. On Each of the Two Sides, Only the Billionaires have Enough Money So as to Control the Public on its Side. And the Result will be the Winner of this Intra Aristocratic Contest, and the New Presidency that will Start in 2025.

Furthermore, these are International and Not Merely American Billionaires, Who, Each One of them, Actively Participates, via his or her ‘News’ Media, ‘Non Profits’, “NGO‘s” such as ‘Charities’ and Think Tanks, in Shaping and or Controlling Public Opinions throughout the US Empire, Not Merely in the United States. They Compete against Each Other to Do This, to Win the Political Competition amongst Themselves.

Does This Mean that There is Democracy within the Empire? Of Course Not, there can’t Even Possibly Be Any Democracy within an Empire, because throughout the Empire the Same International Policies must Be Adhered to, the Policies that the Imperial Country, in this Case, the US Government, Pushes for, on the Basis of All of the Imperial Nation’s Billionaires, All of Whom are What are Called “Neo Conservatives”, Actually, Rhodesists, A Secret Movement that began in 1877, in their Foreign Policies, but Some of them are Democratic Party Neo Conservatives, and the Others are Republican Party Neo Conservatives. They Also All are Neo Liberals in their Domestic Policies, Which means they place Private Property Rights Above and bBeyond any Other Rights, such as Any Rights that the Public might have to Health Care, Education, et Cetera, and on that Basis Billionaires Favor Privatizing Such “Social Services” so that They can Profit from Them.

Israel Policy is Creating A Fissure within the American Ruling Class. This is Being Felt throughout the Empire. For Example, Saban was One of the Top Media Owners Shaping Public Opinion in Germany. It isn’t Just A Domestic Republican versus Democrat Thing. When Saban sold ProSiebenSat.1 to Henry Kravis’s KKR in 2007, he was Selling it to One of the Chief Funders of the Bilderberg Group, the Super Secretive Private Club that Two Rhodesists, Prince Bernhard and David Rockefeller, Organized in 1954, in Order to Bring Together Periodically Representatives of Billionaires throughout the Empire So as to Coordinate Geo Strategy for its NATO and other Organizations. So, KKR became A Major Player in German Politics. But, then, in 2019, the Saban Formed ProSiebenSat.1 had A Big Change, Silvio Berlusconi’s Mediaset Purchased Control of It from KKR. Berlusconi was Hated by the Bilderburgers as Being Insufficiently Controllable.

There are Fissures within Every Aristocracy. No Social Organization is Monolithic. Even Nazi Germany and Stalin’s Soviet Union weren’t. America Today Certainly isn’t. The Fissures within the US Ruling Class, America’s Billionaires, are Clear. It’s Now Even Possible that the US might Abandon Its Colony Israel. It’s Not Needed in the Empire’s Long Term Wars to Conquer Russia and China, and is Now Certain to Become an Enormous Black Mark upon the US International Brand. America’s Billionaires won’t Like That, at All. Democrat Party Ones won’t, and Republican Party Ones won’t. The Few who are Unconcerned about the US Brand, such as Saban, will Probably Not Be Rich Enough to Counterbalance the Other Ones, Who do Care about It.

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Investigative Historian Eric Zuesse’s Latest Book, AMERICA’S EMPIRE OF EVIL, Hitler’s Posthumous Victory, and Why the Social Sciences Need to Change, is about How America took over the World after World War II in Order to Enslave it to US and allied Billionaires. Their Cartels Extract the World’s Wealth by Control of Not Only their ‘News’ Media but the Social ‘Sciences’, Duping the Public.
Eric Zuesse blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/.