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Yarddogkodabear t1_j5126z0 wrote

Does anyone else get the feeling that Russia's version of capitalism is our future?

Capitalism as a Tom Waits song, a drunken swaying super power.

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thefugue t1_j517xdx wrote

That’s always been the intent. The only reasons we experienced serious regulation the US were the Great Depression and the threat of global communist revolution.

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BubbaTee t1_j53y5rs wrote

Our future? America's present already has crypto and other financial scams that dwarf this penny-ante Russian stuff.

If Enron or Bernie Madoff had only stolen $700 million, you'd never even have heard of them. Enron stole $74 billion, and Madoff stole $65 billion. The Savings & Loan scandal took Americans for $160 billion, and that was way back in the 80s.

Russia wishes they were at our level of financial scammery.

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