Vague indeed. Why would you compare “shock therapy” privatization (essentially looting) of public resources directly to a handful of oligarchs hands promoted by the Chicago School (founded by Milton Friedman, who also advocated this with Chile’s Pinochet)

with a UBI gradually given directly to the People, and raising taxes on corporations?

The former led to a 1993 constitutional crisis where the parliament wanted to oust Yeltsin (“our man in the white house”) and Yeltsin had troops fire on the parliament and arrest the congress, which represented the people fed up with the wage repression and looting

Yeltsin had a 6% approval rating and we helped him win re-election by meddling in Russian elections. We bragged about in 1996 with movies like “Spinning Boris” and “Yanks to the Rescue” Time Magazine cover.

The latter led to - amazing health, business and productivity outcomes under MINCOME in Canada, and the lowest gini index in America under Alaska’s Permanent Fund

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUiyQ-yrk7k

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Russian_constitutional_cr...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Permanent_Fund

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mincome