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Re:Former U.S. officials describe details of the CIA’s propo... by 29athrowaway on Sunday September 26, 2021 @01:59PM (#28663003)
If you own a bakery, the ingredients you use need to be transported to your bakery. Once there, they have to be processed by some form of equipment. Your employees and customers need to physically go to your bakery...

Every activity in that bakery, in one way or another, depends on energy. That is also true for any other economic activity.

By selling energy you effectively have a share of everyone's business.

Also, if you control the fuel supply, you can control entire economies.

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Re:Former U.S. officials describe details of the CIA’s propo... by wffurr on Sunday September 26, 2021 @02:02PM (#28663034)
Are you trying to say we can’t have energy and care about human rights and decency?

The United States has plenty of domestic energy reserves and the capability to build a lot of renewable energy and nuclear energy. There’s zero reason to be catering to Middle East despots, other than corruption and cronyism.

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Re:Former U.S. officials describe details of the CIA’s propo... by 29athrowaway on Sunday September 26, 2021 @02:29PM (#28663296)
I never said anything related to that.

But governments and organized crime have a lot in common.

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Re:Former U.S. officials describe details of the CIA’s propo... by wffurr on Sunday September 26, 2021 @03:45PM (#28663997)
I can’t see clear to what other point you could possibly be trying to make in this context. Perhaps you should clarify what you meant then?
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Re:Former U.S. officials describe details of the CIA’s propo... by 29athrowaway on Sunday September 26, 2021 @03:52PM (#28664048)
If you don't know what I meant then why assuming malice as your first reaction?
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Re:Former U.S. officials describe details of the CIA’s propo... by wffurr on Monday September 27, 2021 @04:45PM (#28675786)
The only reason I can figure you would make those points in this context is malice. You don't seem inclined to clarify or correct me, either, so...
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