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		verdverm 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Grokipedia and the coup against reality Those oligarchs could have, and be, making a lot more money if they integrated with the global economy and participated as a good contributing member. It's a failure of lost opportunity for the oligarchs too. Authoritarian regimes have a much lower upper-limit that holds everyone and everything back

JetSpiegel 3 months ago [–]

I don't think so, they would be crushed and bought out by the bigger American Oligarchs. By liting their influence, their local monopoly remains unbeatable.

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