The key to successful investing is to have a clear understanding of the market, the risks involved, a disciplined approach, a long-term perspective, a strong understanding of the fundamentals, and a clear understanding of the risks and rewards.
The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have somebody write new books, manufacture a new culture, invent a new history. Before long the nation will begin to forget what it is and what it was. The world around it will forget even faster.