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throwaway210222 on Aug 28, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Who else sick of “Rich” people teaching mo...

> Rich people telling others how to live their lives has been going on for a loong time

Sigh,

The Taliban aren't rich but they specialise in telling people how to live their lives.

At gunpoint.

lowmagnet on Aug 28, 2021 [–]

They capture the means of production through force, does that not make them rich, relatively?

cratermoon on Aug 28, 2021 | [–]

The Taliban have a functioning economy: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-46554097 They have billions in assets: https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/08/17/treasury...

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