Hello Isaiah,

I would argue that regimes like Gaddafi or Putin's are the ultimate 1%. Gaddafi directly controled all the oil wealth, and most of it was plundered into his own coffers, or the coffers of his cronies. The corruption in Libya was immense. And yes, he did use some of it strategically to shore up support for himself. So there was free healthcare and education, and the standard of living for people in places like Tripoli and Sirte was pretty decent. However, he also denied much of this money to people he perceived as against him. So the eastern part of the country, which was made up of different tribes which were traditionally opposed to his own got very little investment. Added to this, the Tamazight people were forbidden from using their own language and were forcibly Arabized. So you had lots of grievances in Libya, and when during the Arab Spring, the regime started to look weak, all these people took the opportunity to take him out. No need to explain stuff with conspiracy theories of the US somehow installing a coup. The US had so little influence in the country that it wasn't even able to protect its own embassy and CIA post in Benghazi.

Putin is similar, although less bloody internally than Gaddafi. Putin came to power, and eliminated all the oligarchs from the Yeltsin years who didn't pledge him fealty. And in their place, he installed his own friends from childhood. For example the Rotenberg brothers, who overnight became some of Russia's richest men. Russia's power elite is the ultimate 1%. Not to mention the fact that, all their families live in the hated West.

Putin? His daughters lived in the Netherlands and Germany. Lavrov, his daughter from his first marriage lived most of her life between the US and Switzerland. His mistress and her daughter live in London. The mistress of Putin and what are his supposed kids with her live in Switzerland. Peskov? His ex-wife and daughter live in Paris. His daughter even did an internship at the European Parliament in Brussels, aka the seat of NATO. The Rotenberg brothers? They have Finnish citizenship and the son of one of them even played for the Finnish national team in soccer. And I could go down the list. All the most virulent anti-West hatemongers have their families living in the West (not Russia), and many of them even have foreign citizenship. All this anti-West talk is just for show, to keep the power. If they felt so threatened by the West, they wouldn't have their families living there (and their money parked in Western banks, in currencies like the US dollar and Euro).

Also: In terms of Saudi Arabia being a game-changer for some global BRICS currency, I am not sure Robert Kyosaki is the best source for global currency predictions. I am pretty sure his announcement is where you got the idea for this article.