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What VW did was dirty, but didn't really include a component of price gouging. Wiregard was straight-up fraud, by an agent working for Russia and greediness pa
by suction 5y ago
What VW did was dirty, but didn't really include a component of price gouging.
Wiregard was straight-up fraud, by an agent working for Russia and greediness paired with stupidity on part of the CEO etc.
Not to diminish the negative effects for the reputation of Germany of these two cases, but they both aren't an expression of libertarianism like the idea that a company has no moral obligations to offer an important drug for an affordable price, but should make as much money as possible from it, which wouldn't fly in Germany.
- manuel_w 5y ago> by an agent working for Russia You're talking about Jan Marsalek, right? That he worked for Russia is new to me. According to [1], he did business in Russia, but that doesn't make him work for Russia. If you have more information in that, I'd be interested to hear. [1] https://thebell.io/en/what-links-russia-to-germany-s-wirecard-scandal/ https://thebell.io/en/what-links-russia-to-germany-s-wirecar...
- suction 5y agoHard to find an English speaking source for it (we know how friendly the UK and Russian governments are lately), but for example, here https://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/wirecard-jan-marsaleks-spuren-in-russland-ld.1569026 https://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/wirecard-jan-marsaleks-spuren-... are claims that Marsalek himself admitted relations with the FSB.