They do seem to be hastening the collapse of neoliberal orthodoxy. Which is a good thing. Though we might be falling into a new form of monarchy where billionaire families sit above all else.
They’ll claim it was to defend the free world, a load of countries free-loading off the protection of the carrier groups. Of course it was always “protection” in the same sense as Mafia protection.
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HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 pts · 24d
Cheney’s Iraq fiasco cost 6 Trillion
mrdown@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 24d
The question is how much he personally gained from it
mHtt@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 23d
the lack of accountability was priceless tho
harmbugler@piefed.social · 14 pts · 24d
What are you talking about, there are loads of billionaires!
kent_eh@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 24d
Exactly. Nothing of value to show for it.
atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 23d
Are there 40000 billionaires?
Hamartia@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 24d
They do seem to be hastening the collapse of neoliberal orthodoxy. Which is a good thing. Though we might be falling into a new form of monarchy where billionaire families sit above all else.
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev · 11 pts · 24d
Plutocracy might be the word you're looking for.
Hamartia@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 24d
We should never have delisted it as a planet
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev · 4 pts · 23d
Second time I get to use this one this week.
Hamartia@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 23d
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 24d
Huh, yeah
Its an obvious one but I never thought about it like that.
One wonders where those 40 trillion dollars mostly went to....
asg101@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 24d
The oligarchs' offshore accounts.
Wilco@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 23d
The US Dollar is secured on debt. They create debt to print money (simplified explaination).
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 23d
They’ll claim it was to defend the free world, a load of countries free-loading off the protection of the carrier groups. Of course it was always “protection” in the same sense as Mafia protection.