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A former GOP donor, who once made headlines after calling former president Barack Obama the N-word, fatally shot himself after attempting to kill his wife, according to reports.

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[–] Hegar@kbin.social 148 points 1 year ago (4 children)

In case you were wondering how an obviously insane person comes to be that rich, it's from stealing your data.

Apparently he was the founder and chief data scientist at SMA Communications. From their website:

SMA Communications owns data on over 247 million consumers and over 49 million business contacts. We also have over 179 million registered Voters, 165 million automobile owners, Social media connections and more.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I never wonder why morally corrupt people are rich.

It is the about the only way you can become wealthy.

[–] SlikPikker@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

That or inheritance. Then the corruption is a side effect.

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Jesus, imagine being next-of-kin and this was your inheritance. If it were a physical factory I'd order it shut down and burn it, then leave the smoking ruins as a warning to others.