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arenean

(456 posts) Fri Jul 26, 2019, 06:21 AM Jul 2019

From George Monbiot in The Guardian:

The ultra-rich are benefitting from disaster capitalism as institutions, rules and democratic oversight implode

Full story: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/26/trump-johnson-nationalists-billionaire-oligarchs

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From Trump to Johnson, nationalists are on the rise-backed by billionaire oligarchs (George Monbiot (Original Post) arenean Jul 2019 OP

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raising revenue is only one of the purposes of tax. Another is breaking the spiral of patrimonial wealth accumulation.

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2. K&R

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 08:06 AM

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