• NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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    2 days ago

    In that case why isn’t everyone else as successful? I doubt Iran or China lack the funds but I don’t see Trump swearing fealty to Xi Jinping.

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      2 days ago

      Because putin inherited the kgb machinery that he helped to build, which was explicitly designed to undermine any non-russian power base globally.