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

        What would cut into their profits?? Have you never seen how authoritarian regimes work? Do you think North Korea officials want to revolt because of their starving labor pool?

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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

              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.