Honestly it seems to have helped him in weird ways. I even kept forgetting how old he is, and a lot of media also kind of kept talking about him like he was some kind of child. At a certain point, I almost think his team and he himself made sure to not “clean him up.” Just keep the look of some tech startup kid that never puts time into hygiene and too focused on the “go fast, break things” shit. He knew what he was doing, his parents knew (and encouraged it while demanding their cuts), and at least the others that were at the top also knew. This wasn’t just some minor error (aside getting caught and thinking they could get it back). I also see it as the logical next step for what more traditional bank fraud assholes already do. Just done by people that don’t actually know how to be smarter with the greed and the grift.

Another example of “smart” people in one field thinking they are “smart” about everything. Hubris and the false sense of intelligence (and especially the “fake it till you make it” shit we see in all fields these days) is going to be getting worse as everyone is in the bubble of “yes men” and trying to climb fucking ladders into positions they have no understanding of. But that is more a rant of how capitalism is in for a real real bad crash, and no one knows how to do shit anymore (most importantly the fucks wanting power and money for the clout).