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How many other people deserve to be right there with 'em?

There's this whole other version of the rat race / climbing the ladder that is either new or I just didn't know about:

If you can be adjacent to the people who can be blamed for something, you get to keep all the bonuses and not go to jail. Unless they find a way to blame the whole thing on you.

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> How many other people deserve to be right there with 'em?

Owners and board members certainly do. Despite their stature, executives are merely employees, and their job is to carry out the whims of the board and shareholders.

You have to think this is mostly a political show trial, with the main government players hoping to make a name for themselves for some future enrichments yet to be named.

If as a side benefit, some execs think twice about pushing addictive pills to people who want them, I suppose that is a good thing as well, but to see this as much more then just a way for the prosecutor to "make hay" I feel misses the point.

Absolutely. What galls me though is that in 30 years, when prosecuting things like this have long gone out of fashion, our grand kids will be having this very same conversation.

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