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8. what Oligarchs want
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 02:57 PM
Feb 2025

This is what Putin wants, of course. But it is also what ultra-wealthy oligarchs want too. If stocks tank in value, guess who buys them up at reduced rates and then waits for a rebound? The ultra-wealthy make out best when everyone else loses....so they are licking their chops thinking about the economy crashing. The same with farmland.....if farmers lose enough money, their land will become devalued and the oligarchs will buy it up for next to nothing. The same with non-insurable land along the gulf coast. This is a feature, not a bug.....oligarchs love a failing economy.

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