TOMMY NATION POLITICS LIVESTREAM PROMO - SELLING BULLSHIT: “Oligarchs…”

From President Joe Biden's State of the Union:

Tonight,

“I say to the Russian oligarchs and corrupt leaders who have bilked billions of dollars off this violent regime: no more.The U.S. Department of Justice is assembling a dedicated task force to go after the crimes of Russian oligarchs. We are joining with our European allies to find and seize your yachts, your luxury apartments, your private jets. We are coming for your ill-begotten gains”

.With these words, the president unintentionally laid out a blueprint for responding to the American oligarchs, superpredators who dwarf their Russian counterpoints in wealth and political power.America's oligarchs, like their Russian counterparts, have bilked billions—no, make that trillions—from their own regime.Oligarchs in a Violent RegimeAbout that "violent regime" business: It's possible to condemn the violence perpetrated by Russia's government while at the same time recognizing and condemning of our own. Our direct attacks on Iraq and Afghanistan, among other countries, have been matched by the proxy violence we have funded in nations like Palestine and Syria. Our sanctions have taken countless lives around the world, a form of bloodshed we pretend isn't warfare.America's oligarchs, like their Russian counterparts, have bilked billions—no, make that trillions—from their own regime. Some of their bilking comes directly from its violence, in the form of "defense" contracts to entities like Halliburton, Lockheed Martin, and the Carlyle Group.A 2014 Princeton political science study showed that government actions nearly always conformto the wishes of wealthy and powerful US elites.