The misdirected anger at Eduardo Saverin renouncing his citizenship
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And assuming his intention was about dodging taxes (I honestly can't remember that either,) and there was anger, it was anger at his intent. That it came back to bite him doesn't mean the anger was misdirected.
Anger isn't misdirected at someone who tries to "do wrong" and fails. At least, that's not how I'd see it.
Yes, even on Hacker news. It went as far as Chuck Schumer said he was going to introduce a bill that would not let Saverin set foot in the US ever again. A quick google filtered to (until a couple of month ago) would show you just how much.
> And assuming his intention was about dodging taxes
He did not disclose his intention. Everyone is speculating.
> Anger isn't misdirected at someone who tries to "do wrong" and fails.
He was making a life change (becomine a singapore citizen, renouncing US citizenship) for whatever reason. It also implicitly included a bet that FB value will rise, or alternatively, he didn't care about that aspect. At the IPO, everyone in the media and congress was furious as it seemed to same him some $200M in taxes. Now that it seemed to have cost him $200M more in taxes, everyone's forgotten about it.