"These hydrocarbons should never have been burned and are now financing the destruction of Ukraine. It is time to leave them in the ground. If we don’t act immediately and radically, we may well regret it bitterly."
-@PikettyLeMonde
-@PikettyLeMonde
"If an ordinary Russian loses half of his pension or salary because of the fall in the rouble and inflation caused by the sanctions, then there is no recourse, no court where he can complain...
"On the other hand, if you want to deprive an oligarch with 100 million euros of half his fortune, then there are multiple procedures to challenge the decision, and very often you don’t pay anything...
"We are so used to this that we don’t pay attention to it any more, but it is actually a totally biased and asymmetric rule of law...
"It is by going much further in law and justice that Western countries will be able to contribute to building a post-militaristic and post-colonial world."
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