CTHlurker [he/him]

Russia is sort of in a war economy, but the bigger reason they’re doing well is because the sanctions have forced Russia to abandon the dumbest parts of neoliberalism and instead to rely on import substitution. The sanctions also prevents the ruling class in Russia from taking their money and putting them elsewhere, which means that Europe kind of introduced capital controls on Russia, which is really funny considering Europes fierce opposition to them in any other context.

Critical support to Baron Rothermere (daily mail failson the fourth) for engaging in a bigger act of republicanism than any British org since the civil war.

Insert Parenti speech about “Capitalism works oh so well in Latin America, Africa and Central Asia”