A certain fraction of population is psychopaths. On global scale there are literally millions of them. They can get the starting capital e.g. by theft. Why don’t they use this strategy?
If you’re assuming people can get starting capital by theft at an acceptable risk level, why wouldn’t they just continue with that strategy instead of escalating to the risk of murder?
Theft doesn’t scale. Investing does. The plan of theft followed by assassination-aided investment will get you more money in the long run, for less risk, than the plan of repeated theft. At least, so it seems. Probably this is not true otherwise we’d see drug cartels doing it.
I sense it is mostly because people naturally refrain from murder unless it is seen as a last resort measure, or has hugely positive consequences.
A certain fraction of population is psychopaths. On global scale there are literally millions of them. They can get the starting capital e.g. by theft. Why don’t they use this strategy?
If you’re assuming people can get starting capital by theft at an acceptable risk level, why wouldn’t they just continue with that strategy instead of escalating to the risk of murder?
Theft doesn’t scale. Investing does. The plan of theft followed by assassination-aided investment will get you more money in the long run, for less risk, than the plan of repeated theft. At least, so it seems. Probably this is not true otherwise we’d see drug cartels doing it.