• jackeryjoo@lemmy.world
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    2 天前

    To seize their assets as “state” assets after their deaths. It’s a somewhat common tactic of fascist regimes to treat their oligarchs as piggy banks.

    Anytime you need some more money for the “state” (aka the dictator’s pockets), you knock off an oligarch and seize their assets.