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by FireBeyond 622 days ago
Empire of Pain goes into this with the Sackler family, where everything was not just about the money, but having their name on things.

Which backfired when their "connection" to Purdue Pharma (which they went to great lengths to not make a big noise about) became more well-known.

And then you have others who do it, so often that it is referred to as reputation-washing.