Nick Sandmann Settles $250M Defamation Suit Against WaPo for Undisclosed Amount
(thepostmillennial.com)
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We won't ever learn how much CNN paid (that lawsuit was for $275M) or the Post, but I hope signing the checks caused them significant anguish.
Apparently today is also his birthday, so he may have been waiting to settle until he was a legal adult (though the reasons why are not immediately clear).
WP is owned by Bezos. That settlement is pocket change.
That's not how rich people think, in my experience. Rich people count money far more carefully than the average joe, and they have a very clear idea of what loses them money, and what makes them money.
There's an idea I've been toying with in my head that is "not everyone can afford to be principled, so those who can afford to be principled ought to do so". I may disagree with the principles being defended, but inasmuch as there are principles being (irrationally) defended, I can respect that.