> crashing oil prices killed the ussr norway started pumping oil and helped that happening. the wealth didn't go to the oil companies either, as they were taxed 80%. why this was done is partially because of the soviet union. once communism fell, then the rich stopped throwing the masses a bone to keep us loyal.  the west now have a new cold war they must win, and they are not going to win that with a society of wagies where the wagies see the other side as the liberators.
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