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#376 - How Democracies Fail

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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Consequences of Corruption and Wealth Acquisition in Russia

Corruption led to the exploitation of the breakup of the Russian state, allowing individuals like Putin to take advantage and enrich themselves through acquiring state assets cheaply. The Russian oligarchs and billionaires became extremely wealthy in a short time not through innovation or hard work but by corrupt means, ultimately depriving ordinary Russians of their rightful ownership of state assets.

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