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> Also, why would this person be any more of a target than the publicly known shareholders of public companies that have more than a billion? Because rich peop
by crpatino 11y ago
> Also, why would this person be any more of a target than the publicly known shareholders of public companies that have more than a billion?
Because rich people have (sometimes multi-generational) experience at being rich. They have multiple layers of security that include lawyers, armed guards, armored vehicles. Also, they invest most of their assets in not easily transferable ways.
A jackpot winner is just a middle class joe with a big pile of cash and a target on his back. If you were a lion, wich prey would you pick? The tame cow of the wild buffalo?
- elif 11y agoI'm not sure if i'm foolishly answering a rhetorical question, illustrating your point or just extending the metaphor too far.. but I would attack the wild buffalo instead of poaching an owned cow and triggering a lion hunt by the local police department.
- crpatino 11y agoThat would be very valid if you believe the local police department would respond more promptly to a report by an average job, than a case that involves someone the city major goes to golf with every Tuesday. But still, I consider your comment valuable. The point is not just how much meat/money is there to be had in the prey/jackpot. There are risks, opportunity costs and tradeoff that should be evaluated. Probably nothing extremely complex, but not trivial either.