the roulette wheel of probabilities known ... almost , without any certainty whatsoever < pure luck > to start-with ... dependent on the skill and investment decisions , and reliability of information known or not of the different playerscards kept close to your chest ... protected by the armour : < your treasury : ... chest pictured , glittering and glinted in the sunlight : > soviet-mafia-oligarch sovereign ruling-classes ... < families ... blood-feud ... population-pollution ... perverse-incentive ... to break the law , by the law-enforcers broken ... on the wheel-of-fortune : > barons and serfs ... < lottery ... > capital-city flight ... fighting and peaceful remonstration between brothers sisters squabbling over the kitchen ... the bedroom , bathroom-raiding corporate pirate hostile-takeover ... < takeover !