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Baitball Blogger

(48,022 posts) Tue Nov 19, 2024, 09:56 PM Tuesday

So, now we know the long game of privatizing government.

Cronies get government agencies for pennies on the dollar, and/or get supplemented with taxpayer dollars. Then, when their CEOs become a billionaire, they use their money to control a weakened government.

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So, now we know the long game of privatizing government. (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Tuesday OP

Waiting for the day when the term Oligarch becomes a common word in the US. dgauss Tuesday #1

That's basically what Putin's cronies did to Russia. Turbineguy Tuesday #2

Trump has some kind of creepy, instinctive understanding of that. dgauss Tuesday #3

dgauss

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1. Waiting for the day when the term Oligarch becomes a common word in the US.

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Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:02 PM

Tuesday

People will use it with a yeah of course kind of shrug, and go about their business.

That's the next stage and one that's hard to recover from.

Turbineguy

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2. That's basically what Putin's cronies did to Russia.

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Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:03 PM

Tuesday

Although I suspect they shared more in the early days.

dgauss

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3. Trump has some kind of creepy, instinctive understanding of that.

Reply to Turbineguy (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:24 PM

Tuesday

The people around him, using him - the Steve Bannons, Stephen Millers, the amoral opportunists in Boardrooms and right wing foundations - they have an operational understanding of that. Just have to hope they are not as smart as they think they are.

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