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The classic European politician career path. See Schröder, Sarkozy, Fillon... They're almost as scummy as retired (Association) football players.

by Bayart 5y ago

harha 5y ago
Worse, you can choose to not follow football, it's far more difficult to avoid corrupt politicians.
barbazoo 5y ago
What do you expect a former head of state to do instead that you wouldn't consider scummy? I don't see your point here. People still have to and want to work. The story here is that Kurz is actually corrupt, why anyone would hire him is beyond me.
- spanktheuser 5y ago
  It's interesting that the consensus assumption is that he's been hired for value he'll add in the future, rather than the things he's already done to enrich Thiel.
- incognition 5y ago
  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58729505 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58729505 Sarkozy was sentenced too
- dkjaudyeqooe 5y ago
  Gardening. Actually most politicians pensions are pretty generous, and they generally don't need to work, financially.
  - Veen 5y ago
    Kurz is 35. Someone with the drive to become leader of a country in his 30s is not going to want to spend the next 5 decades gardening.
    - TomSwirly 5y ago
      Perhaps he could dedicate himself to undoing the evil he committed during his term, rather than going to work for an out Fascist?
  - barbazoo 5y ago
    I was disagreeing with you but after thinking about it some more I wonder if not being able to profit in any way from the work they did as leaders might attract a different kind of people in the first place. Not practical of course but interesting to think about.
sofixa 5y ago
> They're almost as scummy as retired (Association) football players. I wonder if there are numbers on this, but it seems to me that of those doing an active thing related to football post-retirement, the vast majority go into coaching, some do punditry, mostly failing at it, and some do ambassadorships and similar.

The classic European politician career path. See Schröder, Sarkozy, Fillon... They're almost as scummy as retired (Association) football players.

by Bayart 5y ago

The classic European politician career path. See Schröder, Sarkozy, Fillon... They're almost as scummy as retired (Association) football players.

harha 5y ago

Worse, you can choose to not follow football, it's far more difficult to avoid corrupt politicians.

barbazoo 5y ago

What do you expect a former head of state to do instead that you wouldn't consider scummy? I don't see your point here. People still have to and want to work. The story here is that Kurz is actually corrupt, why anyone would hire him is beyond me.

spanktheuser 5y ago
It's interesting that the consensus assumption is that he's been hired for value he'll add in the future, rather than the things he's already done to enrich Thiel.
incognition 5y ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58729505 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58729505 Sarkozy was sentenced too
dkjaudyeqooe 5y ago
Gardening. Actually most politicians pensions are pretty generous, and they generally don't need to work, financially.
- Veen 5y ago
  Kurz is 35. Someone with the drive to become leader of a country in his 30s is not going to want to spend the next 5 decades gardening.
  - TomSwirly 5y ago
    Perhaps he could dedicate himself to undoing the evil he committed during his term, rather than going to work for an out Fascist?
- barbazoo 5y ago
  I was disagreeing with you but after thinking about it some more I wonder if not being able to profit in any way from the work they did as leaders might attract a different kind of people in the first place. Not practical of course but interesting to think about.

sofixa 5y ago

> They're almost as scummy as retired (Association) football players. I wonder if there are numbers on this, but it seems to me that of those doing an active thing related to football post-retirement, the vast majority go into coaching, some do punditry, mostly failing at it, and some do ambassadorships and similar.