Maybe it’s naive, but there’s something incredibly hopeful that there are folks not only protesting this kind of corruption, but also that there’s a government actually responding to the voice of the people. That the EU’s own legal frameworks might positively (if indirectly) affect things is even better.
Albania Is Not for Sale: Kushner's $4B Resort Triggers'Flamingo Revolution'
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#172Re: Albania Is Not for Sale: Kushner's $4B Resort Triggers'Flamingo Revolution'
#173This island was a Russian naval base in the cold war with hundreds of underground nuclear bunkers. Kushner apparently wants to build a billionaire resort with the protections required to insulate billionaires from their actions. Maybe UAE is too dangerous now. Here is another article. Try not to be put off by the Rothchild connections, they are mostly irrelevant and based on Kushner's own statements: https://tomselli…
If things ever get bad enough that the wealthy need underground nuclear bunkers, the underground nuclear bunkers aren't going to be enough to protect them. The ordinary people who did the electrical, plumbing, security, etc. know where you are, and no level of security will protect you from an angry mob with nothing to lose.
I once saw a news article with interviews of anonymous bunker tenders; essentially, there is a small industry of former special ops folks that are paid to live in the bunker and maintain it.
The main point they made during the interviews: If things ever get bad enough for the owner to want to move into the bunker, the #1 priority of the guards will be to neutralize the owner. They worked out detailed contingency plans while twiddling there thumbs and rotating cans of caviar.
It turns out you cannot eat electronic money that’s sitting in the middle of a bank’s bombed out business continuity vault.
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#174This island was a Russian naval base in the cold war with hundreds of underground nuclear bunkers. Kushner apparently wants to build a billionaire resort with the protections required to insulate billionaires from their actions. Maybe UAE is too dangerous now. Here is another article. Try not to be put off by the Rothchild connections, they are mostly irrelevant and based on Kushner's own statements: https://tomselli…
A billionaire resort with 10,000 hotel rooms...
The people supervising the help need some rooms.
Epstein 2.0 would at least double occupancy on their own.
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#175This island was a Russian naval base in the cold war with hundreds of underground nuclear bunkers. Kushner apparently wants to build a billionaire resort with the protections required to insulate billionaires from their actions. Maybe UAE is too dangerous now. Here is another article. Try not to be put off by the Rothchild connections, they are mostly irrelevant and based on Kushner's own statements: https://tomselli…
A billionaire resort with 10,000 hotel rooms...
There are around 3500 billionaires in the world. With family those rooms will quickly fill up.
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#176Trump is gonna put tariffs on Albania very soon
And somehow do more damage to the US than to Albania.
I predict… just a sec… footwear and insulated wire shortages and a rebar glut [1]
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#177Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is the project more of a private residence or something that would bring tourism to the local economy?
There are 2 projects here. And there is a lot of missing details from both. But what has happened before is that: The government gives free/cheap/exclusive public land to someone to build apartments/villas. They sell these to whoever wants to buy before starting construction. At the end of construction, with the profits, they build nice hotels at the frontline and keep for themselves without investing any of their ow…
In NYC, Trump did something similar. He built condos, then sold them way above market to Russian oligarchs, who then immediately resold them at market value to people that were not laundering money.
Same grift, different marks.
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#178Earlier quoted context omitted.
what about tax revenue ?
I challenge you to find a single example anywhere on earth where redistribution of foreign tax revenue significantly improved the economic standing of the existing general population.
I don't know the details of the economics, but Costa Rica seems to be doing quite well with ecotourism, no?
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#179Earlier quoted context omitted.
lmao, every. single. time. Criticise a jewish person for something completely unrelated: infinite amount of green accounts created on the spot come in and start vaguely referencing "ThE DaRkEsT TiMe In HiStOrY".
I raised concerns about your framing, and I think you'll find I'm not a green account. By far. Please don't drag this forum down. With my own opinions... I wouldn't complain about "Class War" language, but your posts concern me.
> If my 15k karma account wasn't banned I'd happily use it. I rotate new accounts every few months now, it's much more convenient
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#180Earlier quoted context omitted.
Don't forget that resorts et al typically belong to international capital, and the tourists rarely leave the premises. So what does the local economy get out of it? A few maids salary to clean up the tourist's shit?
such a stark contrast with all the hysteria over foreign tourists avoiding the US due to Trump that was posted here a few days ago. "Oh noes Trump is destroying the tourist economy!!!" vs. "only a few maids salary to clean up the tourist's shit"
Do you unironically think that all tourism is resort tourism?