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The Russian government is a mafia, we just call them oligarchs. If one gets a little uppity he gets whacked. The leader is worth 50 billion dollars. It's the so
by paulie_a 8y ago
The Russian government is a mafia, we just call them oligarchs. If one gets a little uppity he gets whacked. The leader is worth 50 billion dollars. It's the sopranos on steroids and has nuclear weapons.
- onetimemanytime 8y agoYeah but my point was that Mexican cartels are so openly brutal and that effects everything. Yeah, Russian government and mafia are one, but it's done differently.
- paulie_a 8y agoI don't see the difference, openly poisoning people is pretty brutal too. Or shooting journalists in the street seems fairly brutal.
- InLispWeTrust 8y agoThrough out it's history Russia has been far worse without a strong Sorpano at the top. Putin may me worth 50 or 150B and he came to power by blowing a few apartment blocks, but pensions, life expectancy, standard of living have sharply risen during his reign. Maybe if the strongest cartel leader came to power in Mexico, he'd be able to eliminate most of the crime, but USA wouldn't allow that.