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Re:How the Sacklers shifted $10.8B of an opioid fortune buil... by hn_throwaway_99 on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @09:13AM (#24282126)
> People with that kind of money can pay to scrub the internet.

I'm sorry but this is so naive.

Maybe true if you've got a bit of money and a little bit of notoriety, but I don't think that it would be possible to dissociate the Sacklers' name from the opioid crisis anytime soon.

Re:How the Sacklers shifted $10.8B of an opioid fortune buil... by hans1729 on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @09:45AM (#24282372)
> I don't think that it would be possible to dissociate the Sacklers' name from the opioid crisis anytime soon

Attention is short. I wouldn't rule it out; pr goes a long way. Spend a couple million on a completely unrelated but well regarded cause of charity and folks who don't have skin in the opioid-game won't associate them for the bad they did (but for their most recent memories).

What will keep the association alive for a while will be documentaries and those who watch them, but lets be real: that's not the public.

Re:How the Sacklers shifted $10.8B of an opioid fortune buil... by chopin on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @10:02AM (#24282559)
I dare to say that I'll never donate for a charity which takes money from the Sacklers. I will remember the name for the rest of my life.

I think this is too big to be easily cleaned up.

Re:How the Sacklers shifted $10.8B of an opioid fortune buil... by save_ferris on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @10:19AM (#24282685)
I think you vastly overestimate the attention span of the public on this. If you asked 100 random people on the street who was behind the opioid crisis, I’d be shocked if 10 knew. You also don’t acknowledge how easy it is for the wealthy to hide their money via intermediary organizations and shell companies. It’s not like they absolutely have to donate using the Sackler name.
Re:How the Sacklers shifted $10.8B of an opioid fortune buil... by hn_throwaway_99 on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @10:41AM (#24282906)
> If you asked 100 random people on the street who was behind the opioid crisis, I’d be shocked if 10 knew.

Never argued against that, and I don't disagree with that at all. But if someone cares to do even the bare minimum of research, it's easy to come up with the Sacklers. What I am arguing against is that the Sacklers will somehow be able to use their wealth to scrub Google et al of their association with OxyContin.

> It’s not like they absolutely have to donate using the Sackler name.

For folks like them, though, then what's the point? After a certain level of Midas-like wealth, the only point is societal standing and legacy. The Sacklers don't seem like the type of folks who are going to get inner joy by donating anonymously.

Re:How the Sacklers shifted $10.8B of an opioid fortune buil... by FlyMoreRockets on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @11:03AM (#24283078)
> ...if someone cares to do even the bare minimum of research...

Aye, there's the rub.

Re:How the Sacklers shifted $10.8B of an opioid fortune buil... by spaetzleesser on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @09:49AM (#24282419)
Wait a few years, let them put their names on some charitable foundations and giving away a small or large percentage of their gains and they will have stellar reputations. Worked for Bill Gates, Andrew Carnegie, Michael Milken and many others.
Re:How the Sacklers shifted $10.8B of an opioid fortune buil... by selectodude on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @10:02AM (#24282554)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/arts/design/met-museum-sa...

The Sacklers have been donating huge sums to put their name on things for a long time.

Re:How the Sacklers shifted $10.8B of an opioid fortune buil... by R0b0t1 on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @10:48AM (#24282954)
It's not naive. They have enough money that if it isn't taken they can simply outlast any hit to their reputation.