Posted on 10/15/2023 11:00:28 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
Here, Vanguard, et al are doing for real what Stalin and the USSR were accused of doing. Except it is all of Ukraine that is being “liquidated” – physically, and before the eyes of the world.
When people talk about “Ukrainian grain” they’re actually talking about grain that is now owned by US and EU mega-corporations such as Vanguard Group, Kopernik Global Investors, BNP Asset Management Holding, Goldman Sachs-owned NN Investment Partners Holdings, and Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages Norway’s sovereign wealth fund.
Several large US pension funds, foundations, and university endowments are also invested in Ukrainian land through NCH Capital – a US-based private equity fund, which is the fifth largest landholder in the country.
How is the takeover of agricultural land happening?
Whereas at least 4.3 million hectares are (as of March of last year) already controlled by agribusinesses in Ukraine, a law passed in March 2020 lifted the country’s 19-year moratorium on sales of agricultural land, allowing such transactions since July 2021.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailynewsfromaolf.substack.com ...
So what? A lot of North American wheat is owned by the same companies. It’s called Capitalism.
I will add a “good grief” to your comment.
Regardless of who “owns” the goods/land/resources/output someone out there is going to say it is Panic-porn-hair-on-fire-time.
And that a free market has to be under government control. Which is an oxymoron.
So what???
I'll tell you, "so what." My tax dollars in the form of billions (many billions) are going to support a country that claims with their lies that the blockade of the grain deal is starving black babies in Africa!
Hundreds of thousands of Ukes and Ruskies are losing their lives, and for weeks, all we heard was the starving babies.
It's called "the narrative" and is used to brainwash the masses into believing that Ruskies are bad and Ukes are good to further their own pocketbooks.
May I suggest you read Sol Alinsky's Rules for Radicals? He explains all the techniques used to move the masses -- and those techniques work on most.
You see.
George Carlin quote:
“If voting really mattered they wouldn’t let you do it.”
Some references, because "capitalism" does not mean using public monies for private benefit. That is cronyism.
Monsanto to expand its operation in Ukraine"In 2020, Zelenskyy gave in to the IMF's demands and finally repealed the moratorium. 'Agribusiness interests and oligarchs will be the primary beneficiaries of such reform,' said Olena Borodina of the Ukrainian Rural Development Network. 'This will only further marginalise smallholder farmers and risks severing them from their most valuable resource.' But the World Bank could barely contain its excitement, gushing: 'This is, without exaggeration, a historic event.'Has Zelensky sold off Ukraine's agriculture to US multinationals?
Private Sector on the Frontlines of Land Reform to Unlock Ukraine’s Investment Potential
Bayer's Troubled Monsanto Megadeal Finally Shows Promise
The hidden hands behind East-West tug of war in Ukraine
"Syngenta employs around 730 people in Ukraine and about 800 in Russia. It said it has no plans to withdraw from Russia." May 2022
Syngenta expects Ukraine harvest to fall by a third
Syngenta - The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine
"Dmitry Skornyakov, CEO of HarvEast, one of Ukraine’s largest agricultural companies, said: 'We had a big contract with Syngenta ... and Syngenta just stopped supplying Ukraine. We had a pre-paid contract, we paid them and they just did not supply.' 'According to my information, they still supply Russians, why [do] they do this? It’s very strange,' he said. A spokesperson for Syngenta said it continues to supply Ukraine, and does so at high risk and without expecting to make a profit. 'The goods we ship are no longer insured against losses,' the spokesperson said."
Hunger games: Ukrainians slam Western agribusinesses for staying in Russia
Agrochemical Producers Not Deterred By Russian/Ukraine Conflict
Syngenta CEO: Ukraine Crisis Calls for Shift Away from Organic Farming
The point is that Ukraine is being carved into chunks, Putin taking some, and a lot of Western players taking other chunks with the approval (or at least acquiescence) of Zelensky, as profiteering goes on through many means, large and small.
Lots of players, and at many levels. The "little guy," be he Ukrainian, Russian or American, is losing throughout. And the inverse is also true. The "big guys," Ukrainians, Russians, Americans -- and now we add from above -- Norwegians (recalling that Stoltenberg was prime minister of Norway) and others in Europeans, as well as the cottage industry of monetizing "content" which is promoted daily, all come down to money. Few clean hands in this mess.
This is likely why so many dearly want there to be a "white hat" in this "historic event," in the World Bank's parlance. It seems there really isn't.
As observed and documented: "The whole Ukraine goes for sale - massive profit opportunities being created by the war." Modern Diplomacy (EU). Another of their articles is also informative:
Monsanto again?
Sounds like somebody doesn’t heed the lesson from 2,3,7,8-tetrachlordibenzo-p-dioxan.
Well...as long as I don’t get my 401-K retirement payments in bags of grain.
Of course, there may come a time I would prefer that.
Remember "Better Living Through Chemistry?" Started with DuPont almost 90 years ago. Now we have "safe and effective." So much marketing.
Necessary to overcome our skepticism and refusal to un-learn hard experience. DuPont to Dow Chemical to Monsanto's participation to many persistent chemicals. But as long as there is a short-term profit....
Ukraine is entirely a cuckold state.
Between their debt which is massive, Blackrock which essentially runs them at the top level, us hand choosing who rises to power there...
Behind the scenes we own them.
eah... so what?
I bet you think Black Rock setting themselves up for rebuilding this shithole is good ol' American capitalism too.
Bkmk
You forgot Black Rock and all the land deals Obama’s puppet Zylinsky signed with them.
So somehow this justifies Moscow invading Ukraine?
Maybe to replace the western oligarchs you hate with Muskovite boyars?
Well well well. Money to be made in war in various ways.
Do you actually know why Moscow invaded Uke??
Wasn’t there a company like that once upon a time? What was the name once again? I.G. Farben
Made a killing profit-wise.
And those reasons would be?
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