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Karma, justice, call it what you want. You can't escape it.

1000units 8y ago
It seems karma is working backwards in this case, since Shkreli usually makes everyone a lot of money, including the "victims" of his "securities fraud".
ceejayoz 8y ago
People escape karma/justice regularly, unless we're talking about Abrahamic-style afterlives.
oh_sigh 8y ago
Idi Amin died an old man in a palace in Saudi Arabia.
joaomacp 8y ago
Honestly, with Shkreli's level of ambition and intellect, I doubt he'll ever be broke or unsuccessful. I'm not a fanboy or anything, but a big percentage of rich people have done some illegalities. They still end up on top. It's really survival of the fittest. The humble people that want work life balance and doing the right thing are way less rewarded with money and luxury. You can be on the humble side, but don't wish misery on the witty capitalists. It will never happen.
ratling 8y ago
People escape it all the time. We don’t live in the main DC continuity.
simonh 8y ago
Lenin, Stalin and Mao all dies of natural causes as heroic leaders at the height of their powers. Arguably even Hitler died at a point where he was badly affected by Parkinson's Disease and it's unlikely he could have survived much longer anyway. They were each responsible for death and misery on previously unimaginable scales. It's hard to conceive of the suffering they caused even now. Only in the case of Hitler can we say any of them suffered for it at all, and even then only marginally when you look at the big picture. More recently, the leaders of North Korea have also died as worshiped heroes.
- danschumann 8y ago
  When you think about those people in your mind, where are they? HELL. The world is more than the physical. It is the imagination, the spiritual. Those people are being punished every day, every time we think of them.
jonknee 8y ago
It's incredibly rare for white collar criminals to get caught and put in jail. You have to look no farther than the White House to see that not only can you escape it, but that it's actually the norm.

It seems karma is working backwards in this case, since Shkreli usually makes everyone a lot of money, including the "victims" of his "securities fraud".

ceejayoz 8y ago

People escape karma/justice regularly, unless we're talking about Abrahamic-style afterlives.

oh_sigh 8y ago

Idi Amin died an old man in a palace in Saudi Arabia.

joaomacp 8y ago

Honestly, with Shkreli's level of ambition and intellect, I doubt he'll ever be broke or unsuccessful. I'm not a fanboy or anything, but a big percentage of rich people have done some illegalities. They still end up on top. It's really survival of the fittest. The humble people that want work life balance and doing the right thing are way less rewarded with money and luxury. You can be on the humble side, but don't wish misery on the witty capitalists. It will never happen.

ratling 8y ago

People escape it all the time. We don’t live in the main DC continuity.

simonh 8y ago

Lenin, Stalin and Mao all dies of natural causes as heroic leaders at the height of their powers. Arguably even Hitler died at a point where he was badly affected by Parkinson's Disease and it's unlikely he could have survived much longer anyway. They were each responsible for death and misery on previously unimaginable scales. It's hard to conceive of the suffering they caused even now. Only in the case of Hitler can we say any of them suffered for it at all, and even then only marginally when you look at the big picture. More recently, the leaders of North Korea have also died as worshiped heroes.

danschumann 8y ago
When you think about those people in your mind, where are they? HELL. The world is more than the physical. It is the imagination, the spiritual. Those people are being punished every day, every time we think of them.

jonknee 8y ago

It's incredibly rare for white collar criminals to get caught and put in jail. You have to look no farther than the White House to see that not only can you escape it, but that it's actually the norm.