• Eldritch@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      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.