World, Writing, Wealth discussion

At the time I enjoyed very much Vicky Simon's (owner of A-Thrill-A-Week site/blog https://athrillaweek.com/nik-krasnos-...) summary of what is needed for becoming an Oligarch:

The 9 Secrets in How to Become a Highly Effective Oligarch which are:
1.Have an IQ greater or equal to 130
2.Have Oscar winning acting abilities
3.Be able to follow the Ten Commandments only when it is convenient
4.Having many friends who have sociopathic tendencies
5.Grow up in a highly repressive regime which eventually collapses
6.Have a tremendous desire to be extremely wealthy
7.Know how to make government officials happy
8.Know how to throw a party
9.Be very, very lucky

Any additions/amendments to the recipe from your own maybe? -:)

Yes: have good personal bodyguards!

Be unafraid to kill of as many opponents as possible and have no moral objection to corruption

Excellent additions, upgrading both defensive and offensive capabilities -:)

Any further features for version 2.0 of an Oli?

I think these days you need a plan for working around the US sanctions placed on you because they scapegoat you for things blamed on the Russian government.

Proximity to Putin may sometimes be good for a local biz, but bad for international -:)

Yes, Nik, but distance from Putin may make you so obscure you can forget international biz. Like selling books, if nobody knows you, or if they do, they don't care, not many sales :-)

Remember those smug "losers" in the movie about Facebook's inception that alleged Mark developed their idea? Well, here they are, now turned "winners": https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/...
Win some, lose some happens :)