Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.socialM to The Right Can't Meme@midwest.social · 10 months agoWhat?midwest.socialimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down131
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minus-squareEldritch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·10 months agoThat nearly does describe most capitalist countries though. It’s just that the wealthiest people in them, the oligarchs are the despotic rulers whom the government runs itself for.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoIt also describes South Korea under the literal fascist dictatorship it was running until 1980. To be fair, their dictator got assassinated by the CIA, a rare win before Reagan started making them support his kind instead.
That nearly does describe most capitalist countries though. It’s just that the wealthiest people in them, the oligarchs are the despotic rulers whom the government runs itself for.
It also describes South Korea under the literal fascist dictatorship it was running until 1980.
To be fair, their dictator got assassinated by the CIA, a rare win before Reagan started making them support his kind instead.