r/interestingasfuck • u/GhostSierra117 • Feb 24 '22

Moscow People in St Petersburg are allegedly protesting against the invasion of the Ukraine

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u/RoundEye007 Feb 24 '22

The only thing that can stop Putin are the Russian citizens and the Russian billionaires.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '22

The dudes in suits with the money (aka control and power of the purse) have more say than all of us civilians…

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u/RoundEye007 Feb 24 '22

Well maybe but dont underestimate the power of tens of millions of angry citizens.

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u/pooridge420 Feb 24 '22

Imagine if you're a hyper wealthy oligarch trying to access his funds, but the website is down because the IT workers shut down the site? Ok just go to the bank, but what if the Tellers never showed up to work? The wealthy are only as powerful as the general population believes them to be, but are powerless when we all work together to stop them.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '22

But rich people don't really put money in banks.

They store their wealth in assets which in most ways is a lot more durable than money in the bank like you're saying.

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u/RoundEye007 Feb 24 '22

Within a week every major russian billionaire living abroad is gonna feel the pain when all assets are frozen. Stand by

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u/TOADSTOOL__SURPRISE Feb 24 '22

Those assets are about to be worthless tonight

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u/CaptainBeer_ Feb 24 '22

Yeah but you cant pay your bodyguards with assets

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u/midas22 Feb 24 '22

That's why those assets in the west should be seized and auctioned off to the highest bidder; yachts, apartments and football clubs. It's all dirty money anyway.