GodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoBut they claim it's Russia interfering in our elections to deflect from the real problemlemmy.worldimagemessage-square163linkfedilinkarrow-up1555arrow-down143
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minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·4 days agoMaybe a dozen fall for his charm but his gaudy style can’t convince the billionaires like it convinces the masses. American workers can’t unionize at Starbucks. That’s one billionaire. Putin can’t have managed to outwit all 1,000 billionaires. Nothing that Putin can offer can compensate American billionaires for losing hegemonial power. American billionaires destroy democracy. But it is for them, not Putin.
Maybe a dozen fall for his charm but his gaudy style can’t convince the billionaires like it convinces the masses.
American workers can’t unionize at Starbucks. That’s one billionaire. Putin can’t have managed to outwit all 1,000 billionaires.
Nothing that Putin can offer can compensate American billionaires for losing hegemonial power.
American billionaires destroy democracy. But it is for them, not Putin.