Crowds gathered on the square in front of the 14-story hotel to celebrate the fall of the Soviet Union. Now, Hotel Ukraine is up for auction as part of an effort to sell off some large state assets to help fund the military and bolster an economy

Fucking hell man. If this was a movie, you’d call it lazy writing. Literally 90s 2.0, and they’re even making communism the bad guy again somehow.

One of the most destructive lies that was sold to the American public was that the stock market = economy. Line goes up means good. Even when you’re homeless, hungry, and sick.

“what he said” - USA

The Hague Invasion Act

China fought on behalf of the reclusive communist state against the US and others during the 1950-1953 Korean war, and in recent years has helped prop up its weak economy, allegedly in violation of UN sanctions in response to Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme, which Beijing had endorsed.

Based on so many levels.