• Lembot_0005@lemy.lol
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    12 hours ago

    Russia isn’t socialist. Defenestrated oligarch pocket’s content moves to the next oligarch in line.

    But calling them oligarchs isn’t correct. In Russia those people don’t control the government as oligarchs should by definition, they are just temporary wardens of the objects and in charge only while the tsar is pleased with them.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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      6 hours ago

      I mean that is exactly where the US is heading and has been for years. A lot of people would be shocked to know how many ties our 3 letter spooks have to wall street and the tech sector.