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0 pointshalestock1mo ago0 comments

You can only let that go so far, because at the end of the day you need to pay the military to keep you in power.

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esafak1mo ago

In the long run we're all dead. In the meantime, NK is still standing.

The rules are rather different when your economy is mostly oil - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrostate

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0 pointshalestock1mo ago0 comments

You can only let that go so far, because at the end of the day you need to pay the military to keep you in power.

esafak1mo ago

In the long run we're all dead. In the meantime, NK is still standing.

The rules are rather different when your economy is mostly oil - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrostate

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse