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A rigged, corrupt mess where one's personal level of power determines which laws one must actually follow and which ones can be ignored. Do you have a shred of

A rigged, corrupt mess where one's personal level of power determines which laws one must actually follow and which ones can be ignored. Do you have a shred of evidence to support any of these accusations? Not that I think the VC industry is devoid of problems, but in my experience it is neither rigged nor corrupt, and the people with the most power actually tend to be the most morally conscious people I've ever met.

geekam 13y ago
>> the people with the most power actually tend to be the most morally conscious people I've ever met. This is also anecdotal too. The people you've met.
sjtgraham 13y ago
I think your language indicates some bias here. To play Devil's advocate for a moment, the bankers that manipulated LIBOR did so for quite some time without being caught. Those whom submitted the rates they thought their bank could borrow from other banks at wielded incredible power, magnitudes more than any VC, i.e. contracts worth $300 TRILLION were influenced by LIBOR. It was shown that these bankers acted, most would agree completely immorally, without conscience, artificially influencing the rates to suit their own trader's positions.
- jamesaguilar 13y ago
  He's biased because he doesn't buy into the conspiracy theory without some evidence? Hmm.
  - enraged_camel 13y ago
    No, he's biased because, by his own admission, he's basing his opinions on anecdotal evidence, i.e. those VCs he has met are very ethical people. Whereas we have a ton more data points to prove that power = corruption. Considering the amount of power VCs yield in Silicon Valley, it's pretty much a given that they break the law and get away with it.
crag 13y ago
"morally conscious people.."? What? A banker? Morally conscious? You believe that I got a bridge to sell you.
calhoun137 13y ago
Take a look at this amazing book by Glenn Greenwald, it has an overwhelming amount of evidence, examples, and very well thought out arguments: http://books.google.com/books?id=Je_fc_WjF9oC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=Je_fc_WjF9oC&printsec=f...

geekam 13y ago

>> the people with the most power actually tend to be the most morally conscious people I've ever met. This is also anecdotal too. The people you've met.

sjtgraham 13y ago

I think your language indicates some bias here. To play Devil's advocate for a moment, the bankers that manipulated LIBOR did so for quite some time without being caught. Those whom submitted the rates they thought their bank could borrow from other banks at wielded incredible power, magnitudes more than any VC, i.e. contracts worth $300 TRILLION were influenced by LIBOR. It was shown that these bankers acted, most would agree completely immorally, without conscience, artificially influencing the rates to suit their own trader's positions.

jamesaguilar 13y ago
He's biased because he doesn't buy into the conspiracy theory without some evidence? Hmm.
- enraged_camel 13y ago
  No, he's biased because, by his own admission, he's basing his opinions on anecdotal evidence, i.e. those VCs he has met are very ethical people. Whereas we have a ton more data points to prove that power = corruption. Considering the amount of power VCs yield in Silicon Valley, it's pretty much a given that they break the law and get away with it.

crag 13y ago

"morally conscious people.."? What? A banker? Morally conscious? You believe that I got a bridge to sell you.

calhoun137 13y ago

Take a look at this amazing book by Glenn Greenwald, it has an overwhelming amount of evidence, examples, and very well thought out arguments: http://books.google.com/books?id=Je_fc_WjF9oC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=Je_fc_WjF9oC&printsec=f...