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Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World
by Tom Burgis
Oh, the privatization of power— what a world. Now, there are a lot - A LOT A LOT - of moving parts in Burgis’s Kleptopia, and I tried to keep up as best I could; thankfully, the author provides a cheat sheet for the cast of main characters.
First off, it’s funny to me how very little I know about Kazakhstan (*cough* Borat), and, yet, some citizens of this former Soviet member have produced the most egregious plots over money and power with transnational tentacles stretching all throughout the northern hemisphere and parts of Africa. Oof, and London— holy corrupt banking, Batman. One Swiss Bank BSI employee really does shine as a hero in this book even though his work never came to true fruition. And, of course, how could we ignore good ole Trump and, first, the whoring out of his name in real estate followed by his practicing of presidential policy so that he could “obliviously” help wash money for and barter with his autocratic and kleptocratic besties. You’ll finish this book enraged, more knowledgeable, and with an uncomfortable mixture of hope and hopelessness. It seems to me that Burgis could easily pen a sequel that focuses on kleptocracy’s soon to be marriage with ecofascism. What a world, indeed.
First off, it’s funny to me how very little I know about Kazakhstan (*cough* Borat), and, yet, some citizens of this former Soviet member have produced the most egregious plots over money and power with transnational tentacles stretching all throughout the northern hemisphere and parts of Africa. Oof, and London— holy corrupt banking, Batman. One Swiss Bank BSI employee really does shine as a hero in this book even though his work never came to true fruition. And, of course, how could we ignore good ole Trump and, first, the whoring out of his name in real estate followed by his practicing of presidential policy so that he could “obliviously” help wash money for and barter with his autocratic and kleptocratic besties. You’ll finish this book enraged, more knowledgeable, and with an uncomfortable mixture of hope and hopelessness. It seems to me that Burgis could easily pen a sequel that focuses on kleptocracy’s soon to be marriage with ecofascism. What a world, indeed.