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The easiest way to gauge how bad a country's decline has progressed is to observe what the wealthiest spend on recreation (hexbear.net)

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That ambani wedding between the billionaires in India is approximately 320M$.

I don't think any oligarch from any country has ever managed to pull off a party of that expense.

India really is just what you would get if there was no CPC for China

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

For comparison, coronation of Jean Bedel Bokassa, often cited as the most senslessly lavish party in recent history costed 20 million$ (in 1977 dollars, today it would be around 100 million)