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For countries like the US? Trivial. For countries that near US-level influence or enforcement tools? Yeah, trickier, but still not *that* hard. It's mostly a question of whether never setting foot in said country again is feasible, practically or economically.

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I would not take the death bet with the Fed. With enforcement in some tiny country like Norway? Sure, if the forfeitures aren't *too* costly, and doing business there not too essential.

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The current way of treating oligarchs is pretty much a massive anomoly. The state could bulldoze most of them overnight, AFAICT. That they don't is very much so a (US and EU) political decision. Open question if it survives a decade.

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Well, I don't know if it's exactly proof. This *was* situation normal everywhere until sometime this century. And to be honest, special ops have only become more powerful since...

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Pretty much the entire MO of US hegemony (until Trump?) is "if you attempt to overthrow your oligarchs, there will be consequences..."