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Lock em up, sell thier property. Rinse and repeat.
by Fairburn 9mo ago
Lock em up, sell thier property. Rinse and repeat.
- reaperducer 9mo agoLock em up, sell thier property. Rinse and repeat. Works for small and medium-sized private companies. Doesn't work for major nations like Russia. Doing as you suggest is like writing parking tickets for delivery trucks. They don't care. It's just a cost of doing business.
- razakel 9mo agoWhy wouldn't it work? The oligarchs would certainly be a bit upset if they lost their yachts, mansions, sports teams, and everywhere else they keep their wealth away from Putin.
- reaperducer 9mo agoIt's been repeatedly demonstrated that the oligarchs are just as expendable as the ships.
- mr_toad 9mo agoThat’s all been confiscated already.
- lostlogin 9mo agoAll? That doesn’t seem likely.
- Sabinus 9mo agoRussia needs to work with the private sector to buy and crew the ships, and there is only so many ships they can buy and lose before it's not worth the money or hassle for either Russia or their private partners.
- lostlogin 9mo agoThis assumes everyone agrees with sanctions. Various countries don’t and Russian exports are flowing.
- jojobas 9mo agoIt will be worth for Russia as long as the rust buckets they are using for the purpose are cheaper than cable repairs and knock-on effects from whatever downtime, and the uncertainty it brings to the West.