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Originally Posted by Nebe

Well spence. All the chaos is meant to distract us from what the real agenda is. They are working on destroying our democracy to exchange it with a kleptocracy like russia has. Gone will be all of the systems of checks and balances that protect our rights.
The problems of this coubtry coukd easily be solved by taxing the rich more but no one seems to be capable of the critical thoughtvand problem solving skills required to see what is really going on.
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Well duh…

From the Atlantic today

The Real Goal of the Trump Economy
BY JONATHAN CHAIT
A quarter century ago, Vladimir Putin gathered 21 of Russia’s top oligarchs in the Kremlin to let them know that he, not they, held power in Russia. The young Russian president (not yet for life) informed them that they could keep the wealth they’d amassed if they complied with his political goals. Partnership with Putin held out the prospect of safety, and even greater riches. “We received confirmation,” an attendee named Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky said, “that the development of Russian business is one of the state’s top priorities.”

Most of the oligarchs submitted, but those who didn’t went to prison or into exile, lest they fall prey to the country’s epidemic of window-plunging deaths. (Khodorkovsky was imprisoned, putatively for fraud and tax evasion, but really for supporting independent media and opposition parties.) Since then, affinity for Putin has been a sine qua non of high-level economic success in Russia.

An eerily reminiscent scene played out late last year at Mar-a-Lago.