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Kid Berwyn

(14,651 posts)
Sun Feb 20, 2022, 06:29 PM Feb 2022

If he crashes the stock market, Putin's a dead man.

The planet’s kleptocrats and oligarchs are invested.



How long before someone’s 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

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If he crashes the stock market, Putin's a dead man. (Original Post) Kid Berwyn Feb 2022 OP
Some of them may have moved True Dough Feb 2022 #1
Trump's Plague was very good to billionaire class. Kid Berwyn Feb 2022 #5
Meanwhile . Deuxcents Feb 2022 #2
+1 2naSalit Feb 2022 #3
When Social Security became law. Kid Berwyn Feb 2022 #10
That's what trump wanted Cha Feb 2022 #12
They'll own the Libs. Kid Berwyn Feb 2022 #14
Pretty sad he has such a little dingy. multigraincracker Feb 2022 #4
His teeny tiny frozen dinghy. Kid Berwyn Feb 2022 #11
Kinda looks like manchins pad Beachnutt Feb 2022 #6
If he invades, the market will react. Down. ashredux Feb 2022 #7
If the Russian people suffer enough maybe they will stand up. NT SayItLoud Feb 2022 #8
I wish but I'm sure they have contingency plans LymphocyteLover Feb 2022 #9
But the west can stop crypto anytime they want to but too many invested. nt Samrob Feb 2022 #13
Hah! UTUSN Feb 2022 #15
The rich rarely lose in a bear market. Voltaire2 Feb 2022 #16

True Dough

(17,096 posts)
1. Some of them may have moved
Sun Feb 20, 2022, 06:34 PM
Feb 2022

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)
5. Trump's Plague was very good to billionaire class.
Sun Feb 20, 2022, 07:19 PM
Feb 2022
U.S. Billionaires are Now $2.1 Trillion Richer Than Before the Pandemic

Senator Wyden’s proposed ‘Billionaires Income Tax’ could raise significant revenue to fund President Biden’s 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.

Kid Berwyn

(14,651 posts)
10. When Social Security became law.
Sun Feb 20, 2022, 10:23 PM
Feb 2022

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)
12. That's what trump wanted
Sun Feb 20, 2022, 10:52 PM
Feb 2022

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)
14. They'll own the Libs.
Mon Feb 21, 2022, 12:28 AM
Feb 2022

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)
4. Pretty sad he has such a little dingy.
Sun Feb 20, 2022, 06:50 PM
Feb 2022

Now the Jeff Bezo boat is a real yacht. Have take out bridges just to get into port.



Kid Berwyn

(14,651 posts)
11. His teeny tiny frozen dinghy.
Sun Feb 20, 2022, 10:36 PM
Feb 2022

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.

LymphocyteLover

(5,601 posts)
9. I wish but I'm sure they have contingency plans
Sun Feb 20, 2022, 09:43 PM
Feb 2022

I bet cryptocurrency will go up in value if there is full blown war

Voltaire2

(12,626 posts)
16. The rich rarely lose in a bear market.
Mon Feb 21, 2022, 09:41 AM
Feb 2022

Just the opposite. They have the resources and skilled advisors to take full advantage of adverse situations.

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