>>81872132 (OP)I saw some guy on Joe Rogan who talked about how he basically engineered his whole image by making freind sith celebrities and giving philanthropic grants to scientists and charities so that he would get these people to hang out and come to parties at his manahattan townhouse
People hung out with him primarily because there was very little benefit not to
If you were a scientist, and he gave you a $4 million grant to fund your research that is the equivalent of 4 years of NIH funding, and all of the work that would be associated with having to keep that funding for those four years
So if the alternative is a grant from picrel and all you have to do is go to some parties why wouldn't you
And if you were a high level person a a large charity or a politician why wouldn't this also sound appealing to you?
Getting donations for you cause and all that's required is going to a party at come guys townhouse? Or going to his private island
Even is something felt off, you would incentives to just look the other way, why risk it