Tm12Oct 16

Richest American to FAFO?

https://lemmy.ca/post/53451369

Richest American to FAFO? - Lemmy.ca

I know France popularized the Guillotine, but what was the highest profile case of an American fucking around and finding out? Elizabeth Holmes, Sam Bankman-Freid, and Martin Shkreli come to the top of mind. Maybe Bernie Maddoff?

Show threadfoodandart

I’d say Elon Musk. He threw how many millions at Trump’s presidential run thinking Don would return the favor once he was president…

So how’d that work out for you, Elon?

Oct 16 at 2:25amWeb
Show threadTm12Oct 16
Still worth $500 billion usd. Waiting for the FO.
Show threadJakJak98Oct 16
Less about monetary FO and more the pride and sell righteous FO
Show threadTm12Oct 16
Fair play.
Show threadscarabicOct 16
I wish I could say Trump but the man evidently has an unlimited lifetime pass to fuck around without finding out.
Show threadPerspectivistOct 16
That’s money he found between his couch cushions. It’s a rounding error on his balance sheet.
Show threadA_norny_mousseOct 16
He certainly FA plenty. I think he also FO plenty (more than just your example) but either he’s very clever about covering up his looming bankruptcy or he really is too big to fail.
Show threadLasherzOct 16
Third option, he manipulates the stock and crypto markets and nobody bats an eye, netting huge sums of wealth.
Show threadmelsaskcaOct 16
I see him more as a south african with pretensions of ideologically becoming an american, regardless of his papers.
Show threadTheReturnOfPEBOct 22

He shut down every regulatory commission investigating him, then he bailed.

Seems he got what he wantedq