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Re:Ellen Pao: My lawsuit failed. Others won’t by sangnoir on Monday August 21, 2017 @11:25AM (#15065216)
> I don't think it matters in the sense that people with that kind of money can never be reined in

They can be reined-in using the same money the value so much. If retirement funds stop putting money into their funds (because of bad PR or any other leverage), then they'll start to behave.

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Re:Ellen Pao: My lawsuit failed. Others won’t by pavel_lishin on Monday August 21, 2017 @12:07PM (#15065534)
Do these people act like this because the money has completely unhinged them? Or do unhinged people enter careers like this and escalate to these levels because, well, they're unhinged and it's easier to act that way if you've got teh cash?
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