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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf he crashes the stock market, Putin's a dead man.
The planets kleptocrats and oligarchs are invested.
How long before someones yacht turns up missing?
Oops. Too late.
Putin's superyacht is spotted 'fleeing' from German shipyard to avoid being impounded' by sanctions if Moscow invades Ukraine
Putin's superyacht, called Graceful, set sail from the Blohm+Voss shipyard in Hamburg on Monday
It appears to have arrived in the Russian enclave Kaliningrad by midday today
German media accused the vessel of 'fleeing' Germany after NATO threatened Russia with tough sanctions if they invaded Ukraine
Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10494251/Putins-superyacht-spotted-sailing-Russia-fleeing-German-shipyard.html
More: https://www.dmarge.com/2022/02/putin-superyacht-russia-ukraine-invasion.html
True Dough
(17,096 posts)a good portion of their holdings to cash recently in anticipation of a crash. The rich will always find ways to get richer.
Kid Berwyn
(14,651 posts)Senator Wydens proposed Billionaires Income Tax could raise significant revenue to fund President Bidens Build Back Better investment plans.
Source: https://inequality.org/great-divide/billionaires-2-trillion-richer-than-before-pandemic/
As you wrote, war can be profitable for the prepared.
Deuxcents
(15,785 posts)Retirees, like me are not so fortunate
Kid Berwyn
(14,651 posts)The bastards have done all they could do to defund, dismantle, and destroy the law and the rest of the New Deal.
War is a racket, the great transference of wealth from those who created it and into the pockets of the few who wage it.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4814645/user-clip-money-trumps-peace#
Know your BFEE: Money Trumps Peace. Always.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x250447
Cha
(295,926 posts)do at the end of his regime..
Trump promises permanent cut to payroll tax funding Social Security and Medicare if he's reelected
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142557072
Don't his hordes on SS even give a shit?
Kid Berwyn
(14,651 posts)Har har. Meanwhile, Putin owns Dimdonnie Drumpfler, presidump of the United States.
These are the richest times in human history. There is no reason all of the People cannot enjoy a safe, secure and happy future apart from the greed of the rich and their stooges in politics.
multigraincracker
(32,531 posts)Now the Jeff Bezo boat is a real yacht. Have take out bridges just to get into port.
Kid Berwyn
(14,651 posts)Shrinkage, he proclaimed.
Heard Gary Kasparov on CNN say Putin thinks of himself as the king of Russia, with nukes and nothing to curb his behavior. Good at poker, not chess, as poker hides information and in chess all the facts are open to both parties.
Beachnutt
(7,189 posts)ashredux
(2,593 posts)SayItLoud
(1,696 posts)LymphocyteLover
(5,601 posts)I bet cryptocurrency will go up in value if there is full blown war
Samrob
(4,298 posts)UTUSN
(70,497 posts)Voltaire2
(12,626 posts)Just the opposite. They have the resources and skilled advisors to take full advantage of adverse situations.