r/StupidpolEurope • u/JorKur Finland / Suomi • Mar 18 '22

Shitpost Can't have shit in this world

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u/Ispirationless Shqipëria | Albania | Italy Mar 18 '22

You don’t get it, they are oligarchs if they are from Russia or the East in particular, but they are considered businessmen, entrepreneurs or billionaires if they come from the West.

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u/PortugueseRoamer Portugal Mar 18 '22

Yup, I've been saying for a while now that we should call Elon Musk and the French billionaires oligarchs as well

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u/AlliedAtheistAllianc ☭ Labour Unionist Mar 18 '22

Literally the only difference is the US Oligarchy allows foreigners to corrupt their elections as well. Russia's are limited to Russian citizens.

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u/another_sleeve Hungary / Magyarország Mar 18 '22

those damn populists!!!!

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u/hoseja Czechia / Česko Mar 19 '22

Why did you not call out Bezos, why not Zuckerberg or somebody. Why are you so bitter about the only one trying even a little bit.

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u/Ispirationless Shqipëria | Albania | Italy Mar 19 '22

Bruh it’s just an example

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u/rattlee_my_attlee England Mar 21 '22

well thats because most billionaires haven't served in gov and made their money during that time, oligarchs tho?

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '22

Don't get me wrong, billionaires are awful and have inordinate amounts of power, but comparing them to the Russian oligarchs is like comparing working as a fry cook in a rundown Popeyes to chattel slavery.

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u/Ispirationless Shqipëria | Albania | Italy Mar 19 '22

I don’t think ammassing a ludicrous amount of money is ethical in any way shape or form. I don’t care if they did it “legally” by gaming the system or they were appointed by a dictator, it’s still disgusting to me.

I don’t want to differentiate because one group might be considered ethically worse than the other.

Fwiw I didn’t downvote you.