Thomas Peterffy is a Hungarian immigrant who made his fortune in the development of electronic trading of securities, and spent millions of dollars of his own money to run an anti-socialist commercialon TV during the closing weeks of the 2012 election. The ad contains his emotional story of flight from socialism, and its pernicious effects on the human spirit.
Presumably, he equated the threat of socialism with Obama and the Democratic candidates, and was trying to influence the election. With the re-election of Obama and more Democrats in both the House and Senate, will he again flee socialism by moving to another, less socialist country where people aren’t so willing to give up their freedom and work ethic? And why did he leave Hungary to move to another socialist country in the first place?