Do you get the power to get the money or do you get the money to get the power?
Ok, now let's say you lost the power. You still have money, but you don't have the power. Strings got cut. The cells that used to threaten to kill threats are being rapidly dismantled. Criminal networks like MS-13 are being mass arrested and broken. The drug networks are being squeezed. The money for the black ops is drying up. You don't have the terror. You don't have the power.
But you still have a lot of "money". It just doesn't buy you power anymore.
The politicians are too busy trying to save their own ass. They can't risk accepting your money for favors.
What do you do?
These criminals burn through money like nobody's business. They are thieves who don't "make" money. They steal it. And they need a lot of it.
Power buys money. Money buys power.
It's which comes first, the chicken or the egg?
Do you get the power to get the money or do you get the money to get the power?
Ok, now let's say you lost the power. You still have money, but you don't have the power. Strings got cut. The cells that used to threaten to kill threats are being rapidly dismantled. Criminal networks like MS-13 are being mass arrested and broken. The drug networks are being squeezed. The money for the black ops is drying up. You don't have the terror. You don't have the power.
But you still have a lot of "money". It just doesn't buy you power anymore.
The politicians are too busy trying to save their own ass. They can't risk accepting your money for favors.
What do you do?
These criminals burn through money like nobody's business. They are thieves who don't "make" money. They steal it. And they need a lot of it.
And look who they run to for help with their gas:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/germany-signs-new-gas-deal-with-uae-amid-reduction-in-russian-fuel/ar-AA12eNzj