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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.
by 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 agoIt'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 agohttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58729505 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58729505 Sarkozy was sentenced too
- dkjaudyeqooe 5y agoGardening. Actually most politicians pensions are pretty generous, and they generally don't need to work, financially.
- Veen 5y agoKurz 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 agoPerhaps he could dedicate himself to undoing the evil he committed during his term, rather than going to work for an out Fascist?
- barbazoo 5y agoI 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.