General Discussion

It was all a fake schtick.

This seems to me a pump and dump similar to the debt-growth-bankruptcy-rebirth capitalist cycle. Once the country has nothing left to steal, load it with debt then steal all the private assets to pay for it. Might even get to do it twice. And all the European-legacy and US investment bankers will be along for the fees involved. The original colonists - whether you take that to be Virginia, Plymouth, or other explorers from the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain - were capitalist ventures. Royalty granted a license, raised capital, hired convicts and preachers, and off they went. So celebrate! We're still venture capitalists!