There are 2 kinds of successful people: good guys, and bad guys.
The good guys build successful, good businesses; solve real problems; pay solid taxes; help and support good people.
The bad guys build successful, bad businesses; create problems to be solved; use government subsidies, avoid taxes; exploit people.
Then, both guys get rich.
Their values become relative.
They both built empires, use monopolistic practices, use tax shelters, and lobby the same politicians.
What should they do, now?
Should they stop doing business in totalitarian countries? Or adapt their business to e.g. censor their content to some local totalitarian law?
Should they sponsor the campaign or inauguration of an evil president, or risk being politically targeted? (It's very easy to be targeted, as a big company. Monopolistic behavior, taxes, labor law, discrimination, consumer protection, data privacy. There's always something).
So, you are big. You want to get even bigger, and build bigger Krupp cannons, and smarter Hugo Boss uniforms? Then you sponsor the Party.
This is why good people quiet.
This is how bad people win.
This is how good people become bad people.
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