[HN Gopher] Powerful legal and financial services enable kleptoc...
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       Powerful legal and financial services enable kleptocracy, research
       shows
        
       Author : PaulHoule
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2025-02-21 20:03 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (phys.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (phys.org)
        
       | duxup wrote:
       | "Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of
       | totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda."
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       | -Hannah Arendt
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       | The desire for those in power to gain more / keep hold on it is
       | pretty understandable as far as raw motivation goes. So yeah
       | they're going to enable it provided they get what they want.
        
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