So you are defending the Russian oligarchs now? Are you denying that people like Usmanov fit into the category of disgustingly rich, and are you saying that their riches are well deserved?

More so than the workers who spent a lifetime in the factories or mines that the oligarchs snapped up for a pittance.
The workers are now struggling to pay for decent food and heating, while people like the oligarchs who never worked a day in a mine or a factory is jetsetting around the world spending the fruits of thousands of decent peoples labour.

That's a situation you want to defend, is it? Let's hear how you do that.

Here is how these people choose to spend their money abroad, while millions of pensioners in Russia are struggling to get through the day:

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They had a competition on who could have the highest bar bill at a members club in central London. Each managed to spend close to $120'000 in just one evening.

How very tasteful and cool.... (NOT!)

(these people are beaten only by the Saudis in their vulgarity and arrogance. Seriously)






If you take the uber rich in Europe (who I am NOT defending), in most cases their wealth was built up over many generations, at least.
If you take the dot com millionaires, they usually came up with a very clever idea, and work incredibly hard to implement it.
The uber rich in many of the Northern European nations pay fabulous sums in tax, and are living in societies where there is next to no serious poverty.

(I personally don't think think any of the above deserve their obscene fortunes regardlesss, t at least there is some rationale)

Not so with these oligarchs! They grew up under identical conditions as anyone else of their generation, in Russia. They are well familiar with ideological reservations about what they are doing. They know very well that they are shameless opportunitsts and speculants.

They did not have any unique idea; mining, oil, gas and heavy industry is nothing new at all.
They did not necessarily work particularly hard, since the enormous profit margins were there from day one.

They don't even re-invest in their own country, but put the money in offshore, tax haven accounts.

So go ahead Eric; defend these people. Let's hear how you justify their actions, their wealth or integrity.