> but the following him part was mostly because of money/shares and because they know he's influential and well connected to people with money. In other words,

> but the following him part was mostly because of money/shares and because they know he's influential and well connected to people with money. In other words, they believed in his leadership, direction, and ability to serve their interests more than they believed in the board's. I don't understand why so many people are performing mental gymnastics attempting to turn the unanimous support behind him into somehow being evidence that he's the antichrist. Why wouldn't the employees act in their own self-interest? What's wrong with them acting in their own self-interest? I would assume all employees everywhere, more or less, act in their own self-interest and I don't think that makes them or their preferred leadership evil incarnate.