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[–] 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Cheney’s Iraq fiasco cost 6 Trillion

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Plutocracy might be the word you're looking for.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    What are you talking about, there are loads of billionaires!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Huh, yeah

    Its an obvious one but I never thought about it like that.

    One wonders where those 40 trillion dollars mostly went to....

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    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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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    The US Dollar is secured on debt. They create debt to print money (simplified explaination).

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