• futatorius@lemm.ee
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        2 days ago

        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.