He hasn’t gone away…He’s gotten bolder!

As the U.S. economy worsens, protests such as those carried out by the Occupy Wall Street movement will turn ugly, breaking down into waves of violent unrest across the nation, says billionaire financier George Soros.

“It will be an excuse for cracking down and using strong-arm tactics to maintain law and order, which, carried to an extreme, could bring about a repressive political system, a society where individual liberty is much more constrained, which would be a break with the tradition of the United States,” Soros tells Newsweek.

Unrest in the United States will serve as one of many symptoms of a worsening global economy, which makes wealth preservation a priority over getting rich.

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“At times like these, survival is the most important thing,” Soros tells Newsweek

Read more: http://www.moneynews.com/Headline/Soros-US-Economy-Violence/2012/01/23/id/425096