Communism?

@DrSunnyTheSkeptic Consider that 9/10 discussions here about communism start because of Americans who legit think that Biden(!) is a communist.

@Elessar If any of these idiots want to see what real communism was they could have toured around Slavic Eastern European countries that in some places haven't changed since the times of Stalin.

@DrSunnyTheSkeptic Saw this the other day.. lol

@lynncelestial So which "big banks" in specific were enriched by the USSR and by how much and during what periods?

@CountScrofula I never used the term "big banks" so I am not sure why you are quoting me as having used that term. I am talking about specific bankers

After the failed 1905 Bolshevik revolution of 1905, Wall Street banker Jacob Schiff donated $1,000,000 which is the equivalent of $29,500,000 today, to freeing Bolshevik exiles. Schiff was the chairman of the Kuhn Loeb and Co bank which went on to co ordinate the Bolshevik raids on Russia that would follow. In 1917 Schiff spent $20,000,000 moving Trotsky and 90,000 bolsheviks to Russia to attain prominent positions in society and push for revolution. Communist Yakov Yurovski, who assassinated the Russian Imperial Romanov family acted on a chain of command which follows back to Schiff.

Olof Aschberg was a Swedish banker who also helped fund the bolshevik revolution. In gratitude, the bolsheviks allowed him to do business in the USSR. Olaf's grandson, Robert Aschberg is a former member of the Swedish Communist party "Klass Mot Klass" and is now the leader of "Expo".

Rothschild gave partial funding to Karl Marx

@lynncelestial OH okay I get it. This is just bland antisemitimism. The Jews are magically bankers and communists at the same time and are all plotting our downfall yadda yadda. Very interesting never heard it before.

@Fukfacewillie Very much so. But then everyone plays along with it. The middle class need their expensive iphones, clothes etc the small to mid scale businesses only trade with the big brands, making it impossible for small producers to compete and making everything more expensive for everyone.

@lynncelestial I think Gucci is very much a "rich man poor man" thing but everyone is materialistic, I agree.

@Fukfacewillie I believe materialism is fine if people adopt a more delayed gratification approach to pleasure, and if these materials are used to bolster more important things beyond the purely physical.