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Igel

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17. Just populist regulation.

Reply to Emile (Reply #7)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:08 AM

Jan 10

No seizing the means of production or nationalizing things.

Plus he'd go through Congress, which, as we've seen, isn't like the Politburo or Maduro's legislature. (Although it's cool that the vice-president was the sister of the leader in the legislature ... Now the acting president and her brother!)

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