Re:Yellen earned millions in speaking fees from Wall St, tec...
by yeahsure22 on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @09:27AM
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It’s because she is a woman. Other people in this thread are complaining about Hillary Clinton. Obviously sexism is expected on this site but this is especially blatant.
Re:Yellen earned millions in speaking fees from Wall St, tec...
by boeingUH60 on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @09:41AM
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On this same thread, I have seen comments about Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Robert Rubin, and Barney Frank. Is it really sexist to complain that a well-known public official gets paid millions of dollars (while out of office for a short period) by the same institutions that she eventually gets to regulate?
First, as this article show, they come from everywhere (ie she's at the same time a sellout and not listening to the banking industry), and are very sudden. If she was incompetent from the start, it would have been different, but from what I read pre 2023, the main concern for right wing guys is that she was (ordered from likely to be true to less likely): a woman, too partisan, friend to Obama/the Clinton (from breibart) and following the rabbit hole, a pedophile. And regular conservative/liberal outlet had nothing to say about her (I'll pass on the critic from the left as it's a critic of institutions and not of the person). It feel weird and unnatural.
Second, even if she is incompetent, caused suffering all over the world as millionaires and billionaires took a haircut, one thing I'm really certain of is that people would rather attack a specific person than what created the position they're in. Or more accurately, point at specifics rather than globals.
It feels like operation scapegoat to me tbh.