Another answer, which may interact with the first, is that the oligarchs are not in this for the long run anyway--that at some level they all expect the game to end fairly soon, and they are simply trying to grab as much as they can.
The correct answer is that the oligarchs are only interested in the short-term.
mnli hypothesis: The correct answer is that the oligarchs are only interested in the short-term. premise: Another answer, which may interact with the first, is that the oligarchs are not in this for the long run anyway--that at some level they all expect the game to end fairly soon, and they are simply trying to grab as much as they can.