silence7@slrpnk.net to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoThe Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler | They helped him in pursuit of profit. Many ended up in concentration camps.www.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1356arrow-down118
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minus-squareHappySkullsplitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up54arrow-down1·5 months agoMuch like the 38+ Russian businessmen and oligarchs close to the Kremlin who were murdered following the invasion of Ukraine
minus-squarejackeryjoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·5 months agoTo seize their assets as “state” assets after their deaths. It’s a somewhat common tactic of fascist regimes to treat their oligarchs as piggy banks. Anytime you need some more money for the “state” (aka the dictator’s pockets), you knock off an oligarch and seize their assets.
minus-squaredanc4498@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoDamn… Musk better watch out then.
Much like the 38+ Russian businessmen and oligarchs close to the Kremlin who were murdered following the invasion of Ukraine
Why are they murdered?
To seize their assets as “state” assets after their deaths. It’s a somewhat common tactic of fascist regimes to treat their oligarchs as piggy banks.
Anytime you need some more money for the “state” (aka the dictator’s pockets), you knock off an oligarch and seize their assets.
Damn… Musk better watch out then.