Jan 8, 2023
Actually, it isn't. It still relies on Western banks's funding. The West could knock it down in a New York minute if it wanted to.
As for Taibbi, he's not someone to idolize:
And, besides:
Corporate imperialism and American foreign policy are both wildly corrupt, but rooting for people like Putin and Xi is a bad look. Putin is a dickhead. Pure and simple. Worse than anything the Americans have come up with, which is quite a trick.
