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Stop psychologizing the present day oligarchs in a vacuum. It's not about the government protecting anyone.
This is the definition of government.
The reason oligarchs don't have an incentive to build private armies over the last several centuries is because competing with other oligarchs through warfare DESTROYS CAPITAL.
It's not about protection. It's about waste. It's less wasteful to win Bezos yacht in court than it is to bomb it and sink it to the bottom of the sea.