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14. Kleptocracy:
Tue Nov 25, 2025, 01:41 PM
15 hrs ago

Kleptocracy is a government whose leaders use their political power to steal from the country's citizens and resources for their own personal gain. It is a form of systemic corruption where the ruling elite, or "kleptocrats," expropriate the nation's wealth, often using political power to maintain their control and enriching themselves and their networks. This can destabilize a country by depleting funds for public services and development.

It's what Putin did in Russia when he came in and his pals, the oligarchs got their feet into businesses more and more until they seized them one by one to become billionaires on their own.

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