Re:Jeff Bezos Surpasses Bill Gates as World's Richest Person
by blackbagboys on Thursday July 27, 2017 @11:10AM
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If it is, it has much more to do with the determined efforts of the world's oligarchs to hide their fortunes from public scrutiny than it does with Western "solipsism". An excellent example of this is the New York Times's investigation into the phenomenal wealth of the family of Chinese PM Wen Jiabao, which led the CCP to order the paper blocked in China.
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Re:Jeff Bezos Surpasses Bill Gates as World's Richest Person
by indiedevlpr on Thursday July 27, 2017 @12:49PM
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New York Times is a western media. I would take its content with a grain of salt in our part of the world.
Re:Jeff Bezos Surpasses Bill Gates as World's Richest Person
by blackbagboys on Thursday July 27, 2017 @02:45PM
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You actually cannot take that content at all, since the leaders in "that part of the world" are so fearful of such coverage that they censor it entirely.
Re:Jeff Bezos Surpasses Bill Gates as World's Richest Person
by indiedevlpr on Thursday August 03, 2017 @09:27AM
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Didn't you know about the new warfare that western governments employ ? Create unrest in a country by printing fake news, thereby topple the government. Much cost effective than weapons with less world attention.