Sam Bankman-Fried Is Charged with Foreign Bribery

I can kinda see his face on the front of Time Magazine. This is Sam's year, just not in a good way.

Luck has nothing to do with this — right?

Yes. Except turns out that the ability to inflict violence (imprison you, and hurt you if you try to flee or don't comply) is still the ultimate power, from which all other power is derived.

There is no money, taxes or private ownership without "violence".

It's absolutely necessary for operating in a lot of countries.

That doesn't make it acceptable or moral. The company could instead choose to be less profitable and not expand in that country. It's not "necessary" in the broader sense of being profitable.

Because it endangers all US business interests in foreign jurisdictions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Corrupt_Practices_Act#...

Also WSJ, which was the most odd.