• CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    The level disrespect the Americans are showing to the rest of the world - with the exception of Russia, of course - is astounding.

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          That was under Yeltsin and didn’t last long. The inevitable transition from unregulated markets to privatization, oligopoly and corruption only lasted a couple or three years, and at the end of it, Putin was in power.

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            That is the direct and innevitable consequence of the Chicago School’s Shock Doctrine. Much like what we are seeing in the US happen at a slightly slower pace since Reagan.

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      And Israel, but that’s nothing new either.

      Birds of a nazi feather, I guess