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Laeserin · 2w
This constant focus on the state is a distraction. The states are all bankrupt. All state assets have already been sold to the super-rich. The states now have to borrow those same assets back, paying ...
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The billionaire is nothing without State violence behind him.

Everything from shares in legally-established monopolies/oligopolies to privileged access to (newly-created) credit to permits to bailouts and grants comes from the State.

We have the most feckless and weak ruling class seen since the fall of Tsarist Russia. And they are creating hard times ahead...
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Laeserin · 2w
That is simply not true. Billionaires can have private armies. And, as of now, they can have private robot armies.
Laeserin · 2w
I mean, you speak of Russia. Russia has a private army called Wagner, that attempted to overthrow the government.