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    10 days ago

    I can’t even think of a time in history where someone was a huge piece of shit in America and “lost everything.” Maybe R Kelley, P Diddy, and Bill Cosby? But only for the time they spent in whatever rich guy jail they got to go to and then they were fine.

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      10 days ago

      Elizabeth Holmes comes to mind. She manoeuvred herself into a position of wealth and power by defrauding other rich people and got herself 11 years in prison for it. That’s 11 years more than most other rich scumbags get.

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        And that just goes to show:

        The only time rich people are held accountable in the US, is when they fuck with other rich people’s money.

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        But after that 11 years didn’t she come out of prison still rich?

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          She went into prison in 2023 so she will be there for a while yet.

          I don’t think her wealth is known exactly but she and her company lost billions during the scandal.

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        The most bizarre part of the Theranos scandal is that any medical lab tech/scientist could have told you, right from the initial pitch, the entire thing was a massive scam. There was literally no reason to ever think this technology was feasible and a mountain of reasons it wasn’t.

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          Elizabeth Holmes only got in trouble for lying to people who should’ve done their “due diligence”

          The patients / families of the patients that Theranos lied to and mislead never got justice.

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        10 days ago

        lol that was my immediate thought too. But I didn’t want to bring it up because even with the racist implications those guys all definitely suck and should be in prison.

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      I don’t know if Sam Bankman-Fried is a huge piece of shit. He’s definitely a liar and a scammer though. But he was like rich as anything and then lost it all. Now he’s trying to curry favour with Trump to get out of jail.

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        If anyone is trying to gain favor from trump that’s enough to tell me about their character.

        Also, yes sbf is a huge piece of shit.