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tblue37

(68,400 posts) Thu Dec 11, 2025, 10:48 AM Dec 11

This "is the way a system of state or kleptocratic capitalism works."

This is not the way a market economy works. It is the way a system of state or kleptocratic capitalism works.
— Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) 2025-12-11T14:37:41.715Z

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This "is the way a system of state or kleptocratic capitalism works." (Original Post) tblue37 Dec 11 OP

You don't really need "kleptocratic" in there. BlueTsunami2018 Dec 11 #1

We are ruled by a mob boss of a crime syndicate. Irish_Dem Dec 11 #2

BlueTsunami2018

(4,936 posts)

1. You don't really need "kleptocratic" in there.

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Thu Dec 11, 2025, 10:52 AM

Dec 11

It’s just capitalism. This is the very nature of the system.

Irish_Dem

(80,746 posts)

2. We are ruled by a mob boss of a crime syndicate.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 10:56 AM

Dec 11

What else would happen but the biggest heist in US history.

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