[Nick Danger]

The oligarches use socialism to enhance their profit potential but have not a clue as to how to control it to keep themselves from being considered the parasites that infest societies that cherish freedom. Sounds suicidal to me.

Me too. When I see guys who have managed to accumulate billions acting stupidly, I back up and ask "What about this do I not understand?" One thing I'm sure I don't understand is Russian politics. Instead of billionaires acting stupidly, I'd bet on billionaires acting smartly in a system that has features we don't even know are features.

[DPB101]

The oligarchs are not Horatio Alger stories. This is the Bank of New York, Marc Rich, ex-KGB, Russian Mafiya crowd. They didn't create wealth--they stole it. Now they are hiring muscle to protect it.