Arkady Babchenko survived, the perpetrator has been detained and is cooperating with the investigation, and in general, life has suddenly taken a turn completely in the spirit of spy novels.

Is it feasible to pull off such special operations in a minarchist state or even under ancap? Theoretically – yes. You receive threats, the insurance company finds out about them, decides that conducting preventive work will not be too burdensome for the wallet and very useful for the reputation – and then comes an operational game for the sake of a loud promotional campaign: get insured with us, and it will give you a chance of salvation even from a contract killing. Practically, of course, for this you need to be a sufficiently famous and wealthy person, well, that’s how the market works, to provide both mass and premium services.

In any case, it turned out to be a good day. I don’t know about you, but I’m going to have a couple of cocktails.