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Had that thought too, twice as much work just to steal the money. Yet, if you look, America often rewards (or at least encourages) thieves, rogues, scoundrels,
by araes 2y ago
Had that thought too, twice as much work just to steal the money. Yet, if you look, America often rewards (or at least encourages) thieves, rogues, scoundrels, ect...
Santos? Mostly encouragement if anything. Probably run for Governor.
Bernie Madoff? He had to turn himself in. 'treated in prison like a "Mafia don".' From WP:
> They call me either Uncle Bernie or Mr. Madoff. I can't walk anywhere without someone shouting their greetings and encouragement, to keep my spirit up. It's really quite sweet, how concerned everyone was about my well being, including the staff ... It's much safer here than walking the streets of New York.
Catch Me if You Can? Everybody wants to be the Wolf of Wall St.
Michael? Girlfriend, interviews, writeups, social fascination.
- open592 2y agoNot quite sure I would blindly trust this account from Madoff, as it was made within a letter to his daughter-in-law who disliked him due to how hard this situation was on her husband (who later committed suicide). She wrote him purely to boast about the life he was missing out on, and to chastise him about what he had done to his family. There are also accounts of him being injured (some accounts saying severely) during his early years within prison. Obviously as he spent more years in the system he became more comfortable and may have had a more or less "easy" life. But I would guess that his life wasn't like something out of Goodfellas.