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bucolic_frolic

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14. Good examples of bank loans front-running capitalist investment and strong men

Reply to wnylib (Reply #13)

Tue Mar 30, 2021, 05:00 PM

Mar 2021

John Perkins, "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man".

We do it over and over. It was the same battle in Eastern Europe post-WWII. Soviets wanted their government to rake the profits from those countries. We wanted free elections and capitalism and banking.

Agriculture, mining, oil, resources, labor. Africa is being divvied up as we speak.

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I am so sorry for your losses. murielm99 Mar 2021 #1

Thanks much Muriel, their shame appalachiablue Mar 2021 #3

Genocide is really the correct word. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #2

It's exactly the word, Thom H. called it appalachiablue Mar 2021 #4

That's what I've felt all along. At every chance to make things better, they deliberately didn't. catrose Mar 2021 #17

Crimes against humanity. 2naSalit Mar 2021 #5

The Butcher of Maralago. murielm99 Mar 2021 #6

I wouldn't give Ike such a blanket pass bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #7

Lincoln and Ike are the only 2 decent republican presidents ever IMHO KS Toronado Mar 2021 #11

Don't guess. Read biographies! ./nt bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #12

It was under Ike that the groundwork was wnylib Mar 2021 #13

Good examples of bank loans front-running capitalist investment and strong men bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #14

Ike opposed any military operation in Cuba Botany Mar 2021 #22

I think you've mixed up Ike with Jack. wnylib Mar 2021 #23

No I had a family member who knew people in Ike's White House Botany Mar 2021 #24

Then why did Ike authorize the CIA wnylib Mar 2021 #25

Number 1 ad121rome Mar 2021 #8

Great idea! Duppers Mar 2021 #15

shame to say " ronny death sentence in Florida still is doing this ". monkeyman1 Mar 2021 #9

To say nothing if it's ever confirmed peppertree Mar 2021 #10

Sorry to know that... Duppers Mar 2021 #16

Thanks Duppers, what a Hell year it's been appalachiablue Mar 2021 #18

My heart goes out to you and to your loved one struggling with Covid, appalachiablue! LaMouffette Mar 2021 #19

Merci La Moufette, there has to be appalachiablue Mar 2021 #21

It is genocide seta1950 Mar 2021 #20

Oh no, AB. I am so sorry this has hit your family so close AllyCat Apr 2021 #26

The sociopathic predators and appalachiablue Apr 2021 #27