When the Richest Man In the World Isn’t Who You Might Think
by David P. Greenberg
I just learned something. The richest man in the world isn’t Bill Gates or either of the Koch Brothers. It isn’t Trump. Based on holdings, if not available cash, the richest man in the world is Vladimir Putin.
That’s right. He has huge estates all over Russia. He has a villa in Tuscany and a vineyard in France. If you don’t believe me, track down Rachel Maddow’s report on this. It’s one of her recent ones. You should be able to find it on her page. Look. He owns – or at least controls – 80% of the largest oil company in the world.
But Putin’s not a “businessman.” Putin’s a former chief of the KGB. That’s who he is. A spook. A secret cop. A guy who got paid for planting microphones in bathrooms. A Stasi.
Here in America, we tend to think of an Oligarch as a businessman “unchained,” so to speak. Somebody who has so much money, they can actually control the lives of their “Consumers.” Somebody whose only concern is maximizing profits. And that’s not an untruth. But there are two types of Oligarchs. There are the businessmen, and then there are the gangsters. The Black Hand. The Mafiosi. These people are also rich. These people are also motivated by profits. But these people are criminals.
Eli Lily, Merck, Nestle, Coca-Cola – corporate entities who are above little. There is almost nothing they won’t do to maintain their hegemony over your lives. But – at least not overtly – they won’t commit murder, engage in Human trafficking, sell on the Black Market, commit Blackmail, torture, practice usury…
But the gangsters will.
Putin is of the latter. He’s a gangster-oligarch. So is Trump. You have sold your country to a gangster. You have given away the candy store. You are John Connelly, and Trump/Putin are your Whitey Bulger.
You’ll take the scraps from their joint table, what meager health insurance they’ll let you have. Your 4-buck-an-hour coal mining job. You’ll stand there while they lie to you. You’ll have a stupid look on your face, while they boss your wife around and flirt with your daughter. You’ll pay them their “protection” money. You’ll give them their “tribute.” And when they come to you for a “favor,” you won’t be able to refuse.
I’ve lived this life. Trust me. You don’t want it.
LOCK HIM UP!!!
Yes! But who cAn? And who will?
Hes just a smart bunissman and you libbys aren’t he’s no crook.
Why don’t we hear more about this? Is everyone in the MSM afraid of him?
Not only is he rich, he’s smart, and attribute foreign to Trump.