Russia Declares War on Ukraine

The Lonious Monk said:
You're missing the point that the oligarchs aren't wholly private citizens. Sure, our billionaires can give "campaign contributions" to get the ear of politicians and achieve some measure of political influence. The oligarchs actually take active roles in how Russia is governed. For instance, Putin starts this war, it's possible that, to some extent, some of those oligarchs are actually funding the war to some degree, which is why other nations are basically trying to freeze their finances.
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Thanks for addressing my actual question

So they are primarily funded by oligarchs as opposed to tax dollars?
 
Well, this is one hell of a culture shock.

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mike030270 said:
There have been a ton of crimes by the Russian army. I'm not sure what the world is going to do. I don't see Putin getting arrested and charged for war crimes though
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Bush literally set the precedence. He made a law that said if any American service member or his cabinet members are arrested for war crimes in the middle east that America would invade the Hague. The American Service-Members' Protection Act.

Putin will be ok.
 
Rubato said:
I really used Shaq bc it was a funny example to me, but if y’all wanna be super literal, like I said go ahead and replace Shaq with Soros or the Koch brothers. Still no one has answered my question.
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In your “more realistic” example do you actually believe people would give a fuck if a nation confiscated Soros or Koch brother super Yachts, PJ’s and other assets?

Because the answer is the same as it is for the general Russian population. Nobody would give a fuck about the assets of the super wealthy whom helped influence the current predicament.
 
unSCENE said:
In your “more realistic” example do you actually believe people would give a fuck if a nation confiscated Soros or Koch brother super Yachts, PJ’s and other assets?

Because the answer is the same as it is for the general Russian population. Nobody would give a fuck about the assets of the super wealthy whom helped influence the current predicament.
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I wasn’t asking about the general public, I’m asking how would our govt be expected to respond. Apologies if I was unclear.

Would we not go to war if a foreign power started ganking billionaires?
 
Rubato said:
I wasn’t asking about the general public, I’m asking how would our govt be expected to respond. Apologies if I was unclear.

Would we not go to war if a foreign power started ganking billionaires?
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If it was the likes of Jeff bezos, Elon musk I think at least half Americans would be celebrating.

Hell fuck billionaires it could just be landlords
 
The Lonious Monk said:
You're missing the point that the oligarchs aren't wholly private citizens. Sure, our billionaires can give "campaign contributions" to get the ear of politicians and achieve some measure of political influence. The oligarchs actually take active roles in how Russia is governed. For instance, Putin starts this war, it's possible that, to some extent, some of those oligarchs are actually funding the war to some degree, which is why other nations are basically trying to freeze their finances.
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Came in here to say this

Also billionaires =individuals for the most part and may not be even invested in politics or just a few things that better than company/pockets

Oligarchs= super rich gang gang ass niggas that are 100% into all the politics being led by a dictator

Imo its huge difference
 
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