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Didn’t Eric Schmidt buy Cypriot passports for his whole family and peace out of America?
by titanomachy 4y ago
Didn’t Eric Schmidt buy Cypriot passports for his whole family and peace out of America?
- nostrademons 4y agoCypriot passports yes, peace out of America no. Just yesterday it came out that he funds a lot of technology and national-security offices within the government: https://www.vox.com/recode/2022/6/9/23160588/eric-schmidt-americas-frontier-fund-google-alphabet-tech-government-revolving-door https://www.vox.com/recode/2022/6/9/23160588/eric-schmidt-am... When you're that rich you buy insurance policies so that if any one state goes down, you don't go down with it.
- titanomachy 4y agoI had a negative reaction when I heard about this, but I’m also coming from a privileged position of having more than one developed-world passport (immigrant parents) so I really can’t criticize. If I was in his position maybe I’d do the same.