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What this family did was pure evil, they should all be in jail not negotiating a settlement that will leave them financially secure and amongst the richest Amer

• naringas 6y ago
  I imagine a couple ways this would play out in china 1. nobody ever hears nor finds out anything because it's all kept within the party. 2. they are publically shamed and they are sent to a re-education camp never to be seen or heard again. my 2 cents...
  • obiye6657 6y ago
    I would accept #2. In fact I would like to see lots of people treated that way.
  • iorrus 6y ago
    I assumed they’d be executed on the spot for knowingly enriching themselves while addicting millions, leaving them to slowly decline mentally and physically before eventual death. China would have zero tolerance due to their opium history that was imposed by the west. This is even more insidious however as the country’s institutions were mislead and this family made billions on the back of their countrymen’s misery.
    • PakG1 6y ago
      Maybe. In the tainted milk scandal, the executives were jailed, and it was the lower level people who were executed. https://www.nbcwashington.com/local/natlchina-issues-death-sentence-for-tainted-milk-man/1855916/ https://www.nbcwashington.com/local/natlchina-issues-death-s...
  • DSingularity 6y ago
    Where would you likely get away with this crime? In a system where you must strike a deal with a party that must maintain loyalty to ideological principles most violated by your crime? Or in a system like ours, where you must strike a deal with some prosecutors? The chief concerns of these prosecutors is so often their conviction rates, public optics, and personal careers. The political structure in the west encourage these kinds of crimes. If you can exploit millions to make billions then you can settle in the event of criminal persecution, hire a pr firm to take care of public optics, and donate generously to parties in power to ensure that the pesky prosecutor/attorney-general is sufficiently motivated not to attempt to make an example out of you.
    • gruez 6y ago
      >If you can exploit millions to make billions then you can settle in the event of criminal persecution, hire a pr firm to take care of public optics, and donate generously to parties in power to ensure that the pesky prosecutor/attorney-general is sufficiently motivated not to attempt to make an example out of you. In this case it doesn't look like they even bothered hiring a PR firm (or they're doing a piss poor job), and they seem to be getting off "fine".
• mturmon 6y ago
  The China hypothetical is not really helpful, is it? Because it didn't happen, people will just impose their own preconceptions on it.
  • iorrus 6y ago
    Why is it not helpful? Sometimes people accept the reality of a certain situation as the only possible reality. It’s helpful to suggest what might happen in an alternative situation in order to put the current situation into context. The simple reality is that the Chinese would absolutely not accept this resolution and in fact would consider the actions of the Sacklers to be completely unforgivable, which brings the American reaction into stark contrast.
• ciarannolan 6y ago
  They absolutely will get away with this. Zero doubt in my mind. They'll take a plea, say "aww gee sorry", and ride off into the sunset with billions. It's the American way.