https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_mafia#1992%E2%80%932000:_Growth_and_internationalization
Not that far off from that libertarian cop copypasta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_mafia#1992%E2%80%932000:_Growth_and_internationalization
Not that far off from that libertarian cop copypasta
This processed differed historically from western patterns of privatization, because
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because in the west, we enslaved the-
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no not that part
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Whenever I bring this up to Americans they just say "no no 90s Russia wasn't real capitalism, it was crony gangster capitalism"...
Capitalism is what happens to white PMC's in air-conditioned offices in the imperial core. Everything else is not real capitalism.
I've heard more than a few folks say that any country in the global south that isn't prosperous, it's not because of capitalism it's because of "corruption", "lack of respect for property rights and the rule of law", or the huge dogwhistle "fundamental values".