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domkrat-to-plutocrat anagram
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домкрат + Плутон + е = Демон + плутократ
домкрат - jack (Daumkraft; Daum, thumb + Kraft, power)
Плутон - Pluto (god of the underworld; кони бледного Плтуона, the horses of pale Pluto, are mentioned in Pushkin's poem Proserpina, 1824, in which Proserpina, Pluto's wife, is called Ада гордая царица, the proud queen of Hades)
Демон - Demon (Van's and Ada's father)
плутократ - plutocrat (plutos, wealth + kratos, power; btw., плут is Russian for "cheat; rogue")
Btw., who was that Marxist reviewer of VN's Speak, Memory who classified VDN as a "plutocrat" and a "man of affairs"? Note that on Antiterra (aka Demonia) Marx pere is the popular author of 'historical' plays (2.5).
Alexey Sklyarenko
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домкрат - jack (Daumkraft; Daum, thumb + Kraft, power)
Плутон - Pluto (god of the underworld; кони бледного Плтуона, the horses of pale Pluto, are mentioned in Pushkin's poem Proserpina, 1824, in which Proserpina, Pluto's wife, is called Ада гордая царица, the proud queen of Hades)
Демон - Demon (Van's and Ada's father)
плутократ - plutocrat (plutos, wealth + kratos, power; btw., плут is Russian for "cheat; rogue")
Btw., who was that Marxist reviewer of VN's Speak, Memory who classified VDN as a "plutocrat" and a "man of affairs"? Note that on Antiterra (aka Demonia) Marx pere is the popular author of 'historical' plays (2.5).
Alexey Sklyarenko
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