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History lesson: when the USSR unexpectedly fell, the US had no plan in place for "reconstruction" of the Communist bloc. Everyone assumed "democracy" would just sweep the world. Instead, Russia transferred its state assets to insiders, resulting in ultra-wealthy oligarchs...
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... Putin became, secretly but literally, the richest man on Earth. And, with capitalism having swallowed democracy in the West, there no longer was conflict among Russia's ultra-wealthy leaders and America's ultra-wealthy "leaders." It's The Same Oligarchy, stupid. ...
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... So of COURSE Trump (a wanna-be oligarch) and Putin (the king of all oligarchs) are on the same side. They're all about the Benjamins! This is what the new war (and Democratic primary) is about: democracy (political AND ECONOMIC democracy) vs oligarchy. ...
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It's a battle for the soul of the world: democracy vs oligarchy -- and oligarchy, as it turns out, is more dangerous than Communism ever was (bec Communism, however degraded it became, originally was based on a humanitarian ideal, + bec the U.S. has confused $ with democracy).
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