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Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in its largest-ever fraud case (apnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

The overwhelming majority of states are not 'the people', but instead enforcers working for the bourgeoisie.

Vietnam has a market economy in complacence with IMF demands. This means capitalists are given extremely disproportionate power that they can abuse if they are criminals. Jeff Bezos owns 1% of the GDP of the USA for reference.