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A comment on Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO.

Re:Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead o... by voakbasda on Thursday May 14, 2026 @09:55AM (#48135431)
Does anyone really believe this is more than performative? Increasingly the most likely outcome of such scrutiny is… nothing. He hasn’t stolen enough from the rich to earn any sort of punishment, and he’s not doing anything too different from the Congress critters that are “investigating” him.
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Re:Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead o... by baggachipz on Thursday May 14, 2026 @10:37AM (#48136065)
When his company goes tits-up and connected investors lose billions, he'll suddenly face punishment.
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Re:Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead o... by boringg on Thursday May 14, 2026 @10:26AM (#48135908)
"hasn’t stolen enough from the rich to earn any sort of punishment". Do you truly believe this is how the world works?
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Re:Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead o... by bluefirebrand on Thursday May 14, 2026 @10:32AM (#48135997)
Its definitely how America works right now
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Re:Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead o... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday May 14, 2026 @10:35AM (#48136050)
> Do you truly believe this is how the world works?

It’s a popular meme in Silicon Valley. Hence all the stealing.

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