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Seems like such an obvious lesson over and over again across many different situations: don't flaunt the wealth. Instead be humble and reinvest everything

• mattnewton 10y ago
  He isn't in trouble for ostentatious spending, he's in trouble for crossing American copyright owners who want to go nuclear to protect their rents.
  • joshlemer 10y ago
    Maybe it was more politically palatable to order a raid on Dotcom, because he flaunts his wealth?
    • cookiecaper 10y ago
      I don't think this really enters the political spectrum for most calculations. The media refuses to pay any attention whatsoever to copyright issues because they know the public isn't on board with the law as it stands; the only time they're addressed is to reinforce the belief that the evil copyright infringers are eviscerating your mythical childhood icons. Most people don't know or care who Kim Dotcom is. They went after Kim Dotcom because they felt he was costing them a lot of money. It's that simple. If anything, his personal habits should've put them off, because it was clear he was a bombastic personality that people like.