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Uncommon card · Science
John Perkins, an Uncommon card
John Perkins is an American author. His best known book is Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, in which Perkins describes playing a role in a process of economic colonization of Third World countries on behalf of what he portrays as a cabal of corporations, banks, international financial institutions, and the United…
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 30
- Power
- 88
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 41,000
Power 88 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Perkins' claims were strongly contested by some involved parties as well as those familiar with the topics, and the book spent more than 70 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.
- Perkins has also written about mystical aspects of indigenous cultures, including shamanism.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John Perkins article was read about 41,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 58 and blocks with 30: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get John Perkins
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Perkins (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
