Bribery is OK If You Work for Microsoft (No Punishment Expected)
Background readings:
- The Standard Needs to Improve Its Standards for Fact-Checking, Aaron Swartz Had Nothing to Do With Reddit and He Detested the Company That Created It
- Aaron Swartz Died 12 Years Ago After a Vicious Government Campaign to Stop Him
- The Eric Lundgren Case and Similar High-Profile Plea 'Bargains' (Aaron Swartz and Marcus Hutchins)
We've long pointed out that all sorts of crimes - not limited to white-collar crimes - are considered "OK" if you're well connected, e.g. to Microsoft and Bill Epsteingate (when the personal engineer of Bill was caught with a vast trove of pedophilia he was let go without jail time!).
Last year we also discussed the impact of NDAs ("The Microsoft NDAs Keep Microsoft Employees (and Former Employees) From Talking About Embarrassing (to Microsoft) Facts and Information About Crimes").
Last week we discussed how Microsoft is bribing politicians in Europe [1, 2] (paying them salaries).
There are many more examples. Since the state controls police and courts, and assuming corporations and/or plutocrats control most politicians and therefore the state, where does that leave us?
It's very troubling and a symptom of a broken society/system when particular laws or rules are applied and enforced against some people but not against others. █
"The government is not trying to destroy Microsoft, it’s simply seeking to compel Microsoft to obey the law. It’s quite revealing that Mr. Gates equates the two."
-Government official