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I mean, in Wirecard prosecutors literally went after short sellers with criminals charges. For years. They only dropped charges a few months ago after a donatio

I mean, in Wirecard prosecutors literally went after short sellers with criminals charges. For years. They only dropped charges a few months ago after a donation was made to a charitable organization. Seems pretty similar and pretty corrupt to me. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wirecard-accounts-germany-insight/germanys-long-lonely-campaign-battling-wirecards-short-sellers-idUSKCN24H0KM https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wirecard-accounts-germany... edit: I guess "we'll ruin you and throw you in jail" is better than "we'll throw you out a window" but it's still pretty bad. edit2: And if Wildcard hadn't imploded there'd have been no scandal about prosecutors going after critics. No issues with silencing complaints or limiting freedom of speech. Just another part of doing business against companies the government support.

thespiceisloco 6y ago
HN silences people like you. Be careful.
- dang 6y ago
  HN silences people from commenting about Wirecard?! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23874420 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23874420
lima 6y ago
> I mean, in Wirecard prosecutors literally went after short sellers with criminals charges. For years. They only dropped charges a few months ago after a donation was made to a charitable organization. Seems pretty similar and pretty corrupt to me. Corruption, or (gross) incompetence? Don't attribute to malice what can be sufficiently explained by stupidity. Misplaced trust, broken culture, political pressure, or even actual corruption - we simply don't know what happened.
- raincom 6y ago
  Germans are known for competence, industriousness, according to their PR or propaganda department. So, incompetence is ruled out.
- marcinzm 6y ago
  Even if you assume incompetence for not realizing Wirecard is a scam, using prosecutors to harass and threaten opponents of the company is corruption.
  - lima 6y ago
    [citation needed]
    - marcinzm 6y ago
      I literally posted an article about it in my first post.
      - lima 6y ago
        The article says nothing about corruption.
- AndrewBissell 6y ago
  "Don't attribute to malice what can be sufficiently explained by stupidity." This line isn't nearly as clever as everyone who quotes it thinks it is.

thespiceisloco 6y ago

HN silences people like you. Be careful.

dang 6y ago
HN silences people from commenting about Wirecard?! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23874420 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23874420

lima 6y ago

> I mean, in Wirecard prosecutors literally went after short sellers with criminals charges. For years. They only dropped charges a few months ago after a donation was made to a charitable organization. Seems pretty similar and pretty corrupt to me. Corruption, or (gross) incompetence? Don't attribute to malice what can be sufficiently explained by stupidity. Misplaced trust, broken culture, political pressure, or even actual corruption - we simply don't know what happened.

raincom 6y ago
Germans are known for competence, industriousness, according to their PR or propaganda department. So, incompetence is ruled out.
marcinzm 6y ago
Even if you assume incompetence for not realizing Wirecard is a scam, using prosecutors to harass and threaten opponents of the company is corruption.
- lima 6y ago
  [citation needed]
  - marcinzm 6y ago
    I literally posted an article about it in my first post.
    - lima 6y ago
      The article says nothing about corruption.
AndrewBissell 6y ago
"Don't attribute to malice what can be sufficiently explained by stupidity." This line isn't nearly as clever as everyone who quotes it thinks it is.