• emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
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    11 hours ago

    They are trying to get greater control over the US economy / resources / society. Such an oligarchy is inefficient, so the US will get outcompeted by China. But that is a price they are willing to pay, as long as they benefit personally.

    Put another way, the cake will become smaller, but they’ll get a bigger slice of it.

    • Zephorah@discuss.online
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      3 hours ago

      From robber barons to robber despots. If they have enough, then they can be global as individuals, and to hell with everyone else.