LINEAGE - Corruption at the Top

[shovelquest]

cool other note though duik, I like this part:

https://youtu.be/BcoN2bdACGA?t=191

"why did we stop doing this in the 60s??"

Answer:

"BOO ELON BOO"

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[Ekco]

anyone that thinks the goal is to strengthen the dollar, doesn't get it

U.S. companies that export or rely on global markets for the bulk of their sales are financially hurt when the dollar strengthens.

it's same logic behind if you lower taxes enough you actually increase tax revenue from the extra generated business activity, and it's 100% the plan to weaken the dollar

pretty sure orange emperor has even spoken about this before, considering he actually knows that shit with having to deal with it with his own businesses

[Ekco]

you can't bring back manufacturing and also fuck yourself on the export math side, we're gonna do the same shit we always scream at China about with their currency manipulation

watching the drool cups on both sides argue about it is gonna be some popcorn.gif shit of the highest magnitude

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

As someone without diabetus or an alcohol addiction, I can say I did hear a rumor, and it may just be a rumor, that the USSR’s “Stoli” brand Russian vodka had a cap that had to be broken to be removed

Meaning it couldn’t be re-capped, encouraging the user to finish the bottle. And that alcoholism was in a sense encouraged by the USSR

[Trexller]

Originally Posted by NopeNopeNopeNope [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As someone without diabetus or an alcohol addiction, I can say I did hear a rumor, and it may just be a rumor, that the USSR’s “Stoli” brand Russian vodka had a cap that had to be broken to be removed

Meaning it couldn’t be re-capped, encouraging the user to finish the bottle. And that alcoholism was in a sense encouraged by the USSR

oh yeah alcohol has always been a major source of russian state revenue as well as a tool for social control

drunk people can't revolt, but they also can't work too well

[Ciderpress]

counterpoint: booze makes people (soldiers) take bold risks and sometimes taking bold risks is the decisive factor in a battle or in a war

[Ekco]

booze and meth, making super soldiers since 1939

[loramin]

There's literally a wiki page on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_in_Russia.

TLDR; The Russian government hasn't always been pro-alcohol. Alcoholism has been a problem in Russian culture for a long time, and several governments (including the Bolsheviks ... at least initially) took steps to combat it.

But also ... both Ivan the Terrible and Stalin (as well as less famous Russian governments) created government monopolies on alcohol, and then made huge amounts of money off them (we're talking like 1/3 of the country's entire budget!)

When your entire base of power depends on the money coming from alcohol, you're pro-alcoholism ... even if you're not really pro-alcoholism.

[Ekco]

but those subways sure all clean though

[shovelquest]

They payed the workers in giza with beer to make pyramids.