[jgalt212]

probably so, but the if you look at all the large recent successes in SV, all of them have had serious moral and legal lapses. As they are well funded, and have powerful friends, they have thus far avoided jail time.

So my cynical view, is that Plaid is just playing a game of doing what works and has proven to work. I am not excusing their bad behavior, just trying to point out what's motivating it. Robbers will always rob, and cheaters will always cheat, but we as a society need to make it less profitable to rob and cheat--and not just for the lower classes, for the elites as well.

Rahm Emanuel wrote on this recently in The Atlantic, and then shortly thereafter took a well paid job in financial services. So I guess, more do as I say not do as I do.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/middle-cla...