[timacles]

A lot of the older folks are also not well versed in their language or whatever you want to call it, so they can’t even connect comprehend these guys are compulsive liars and paranoid man children with no scruples.

They just think they are eccentric and by the virtue of their wealth they must be smart upstanding humans with a strong character.

[jordanb]

Yeah but I'd argue that the eccentric billionaire trope itself is the creation of the PR industry. "We've got this guy with rancid vibes, how do we make him palatable?"