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Seems to me that the main point of the article is that the American system helped build the Oligarchs up

So I guess I missed the part where it talks about putting the squeeze anyone

to be clear, Putin is the one who enabled them to steal wealth from the state- as it's like a mafia outfit there and he's the head crime boss.....but the American tax/legal/banking systems helped them shield their money. The wealthy (net-worth north of $30mm+) and ultra-wealthy (net-worth north of $100m+) have trillions and trillions and trillions of dollars hidden off-shore and out of sight and away from the tax collector.

I think this guy was arguing that if there was ever a time to change the rules/laws and to crack down on the off-shoring and hiding of illicit got gains- now would be the time. This crisis would be the catalyst and if you want to make sure there aren't Oligarchs who can hide their money off-shore and in the West like the Russian Oligarchs have been doing for decades- time to start changing things right now. Biden wants the IRS to track bank accounts with $600 in them instead though.

Fucking sad and disgusting. 

Fucking sad and disgusting.

yeah and very stupid. Apparently Mariupol was mostly Russian speaking and very Pro-Russian. They won't be/aren't anymore.

When you bomb and destroy peoples cities and kill their friends, brothers, sisters, wives, husbands, uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews, parents, children, and grand-parents- they tend to wind up hating you.

Consequences. Yeah, OK. Like what?


"There will be consequences from that on the international scale," Kirby warned regarding the conclusions of the probe. "What needs to happen now is this war needs to end. Mr. Putin always had diplomatic options. He didn't have to do this."