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"Every billionaire is a policy failure": it's a controversial aphorism, but there's an undeniable truth to it.

There's no justifiable rationale for a person to be worth billions: is Jeff Bezos's social value really 14,285,714 times that of his median factory worker?

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But moreover, billions of dollars are a force multiplier that magnifies the power of the individual without accountability or check. Everybody makes mistakes and there are crooks everywhere in the social fabric, but billionaire crooks are far more harmful than street muggers.

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Woody Guthrie wrote, "Some will rob you with a six-gun, and some with a fountain pen," but as great as that line is, it fails to capture just how much harm the fountain-pen bandits can do - the chaos, death and misery their schemes create.

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What does this list of countries represent?

Afghanistan
The Bahamas
Barbados
Botswana
Cambodia
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Ghana
Iran
Iraq
Jamaica
Mauritius
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nicaragua
Pakistan
Panama
Syria
Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda
Vanuatu
Yemen
Zimbabwe
As of today, October 1st, these countries are classified by the European Union as “High Risk”

ec.europa.eu/info/business-…
But look more closely and you will see something else:

Every single country on this list was at some point in its history, colonized or otherwise exploited by Europeans.

And every single one of these countries is predominantly NON-WHITE.

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The leak of the #FinCENFiles over the weekend has rocked global markets and augurs a #financial crisis of epic proportions as #DeutscheBank hovers over the precipice.
by Raul Diego @hijodelcuervo
mintpressnews.com/fincen-deutsch… #FinCENLeaks #moneylaundering
#DeutscheBank
The massive German #bank faces huge potential fines from the US government following federal probes into conflicts of interest between them and President #Trump.
by @_whitneywebb
mintpressnews.com/trumps-300-mil…
The Anti-#MoneyLaundering Act would expose the owners of shell companies now sits alone on a shelf in the US Senate while the #FederalReserve shrugs its shoulders in the face of blatant manipulation by the too-big-to-fail banks.
by @hijodelcuervo
mintpressnews.com/key-anti-laund…
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@dan_azzi was so successful in servicing #Iranian customers in #Dubai dodging sanctions, @StanChart promoted him for their #Hezbollah customers in #Lebanon. This is why Dan has never criticized #Hezbollah or the #Taliban. He's a #terrorist banker for hire.
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Further evidence @dan_azzi was complicit in #moneylaundering for #terrorists. The reason he sold @StanChart in #Lebanon is because of @BDL_Lebanon compliance in #FATCA which prevented CEO Dan in washing #Hezbollah money. Now you know why he hates @RiadSalemeh so much.
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