The Kremlin is working to systematically instill “patriotic” values in children and teenagers through a Soviet-style propaganda campaign as it looks toward preparing the next generation for a life shaped by conflict with Ukraine and the West.

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    2 months ago

    Not a lot of North Korean billionaires living it up in the West though. To extract that level of wealth you need a better class of worker.

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      2 months ago

      You keep saying that but it’s not necessary to keep power as evidenced by… History.

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        2 months ago

        History says that it is. There have opuoentoy wealthy people into Antiquity. But supporting the number of opuoentoy wealthy that modern Russia has requires an organized economy. You can’t have 1,000 Billionaires in an 500B sized economy.

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          2 months ago

          And yet he remains in power with no sign of that changing.