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by giraffe_lady 287 days ago
No, because an unstable regime and desperate economy increases the relative power of billionaires even if it decreases their absolute wealth somewhat. You don't see oligarchs abandoning russia en masse due to the constraints the system places on their growth.

So even if this ends up direly for some of them individually, they all personally are confident that won't be them. And as long as it isn't this aligns with their general interests.