People can short stocks of companies and then sabotage or assassinate important people to make the stocks drop.
Political goals seem ripe for assassination. For example, the US recently killed Iran’s general Soleimani. Couldn’t they do this without taking responsibility (i.e. with plausible deniability)? If so, aren’t further assassinations beneficial?
Political goals also seem ripe for sabotage. Currently, sometimes nations do this with cyberattacks. But I haven’t heard of physical sabotage attempts. For example, poisoning the water supply of enemy cities, burning their government buildings, cutting their electric cables, etc.
[Question] Why isn’t assassination/sabotage more common?
People can short stocks of companies and then sabotage or assassinate important people to make the stocks drop.
Political goals seem ripe for assassination. For example, the US recently killed Iran’s general Soleimani. Couldn’t they do this without taking responsibility (i.e. with plausible deniability)? If so, aren’t further assassinations beneficial?
Political goals also seem ripe for sabotage. Currently, sometimes nations do this with cyberattacks. But I haven’t heard of physical sabotage attempts. For example, poisoning the water supply of enemy cities, burning their government buildings, cutting their electric cables, etc.