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   Nicole Parsons (npars01@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Sep-2024 02:54:21 JST Nicole Parsons

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   @FantasticalEconomics

   Capitalism under China didn't result in democracy. Neither did it in Russia.

   In both cases, capitalism resulted in pay-to-play oligarchy where oligarchs fall in and out of favor (or windows) as the public corruption of leadership waxes & wanes.
   https://www.forbes.com/sites/georgecalhoun/2021/06/24/what-really-happened-to-jack-ma/

   https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/12/business/china-jack-ma-wealth-drop-intl-hnk/index.html

   https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/25/the-growing-list-of-chinese-elites-who-disappear-but-later-resurface-subdued

   https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64781986

   https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferwang/2021/01/07/disappearing-billionaires-jack-ma-and-other-chinese-moguls-who-have-mysteriously-dropped-off-the-radar/

   https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/prigozhin-russia-plane-crash-live-updates-rcna101554

   https://www.euronews.com/2022/09/22/accidental-defenestration-and-murder-suicides-too-common-among-russian-oligarchs-and-putin

   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspicious_deaths_of_notable_Russians_in_2022%E2%80%932024