https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_mafia#1992%E2%80%932000:_Growth_and_internationalization

Not that far off from that libertarian cop copypasta

  • star_wraith [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Whenever I bring this up to Americans they just say "no no 90s Russia wasn't real capitalism, it was crony gangster capitalism"...

    • SoyViking [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Capitalism is what happens to white PMC's in air-conditioned offices in the imperial core. Everything else is not real capitalism.

      • star_wraith [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        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".