Big companies are now scandal proof. No amount of negligence or criminality is bad enough to bring one down.

Wells Fargo committed millions of counts of bank fraud, yet they still exist and people buy their services.

BP destroyed a large part of the economy and ecosystem in the Gulf of Mexico, yet they still exist and people buy their products. One of their top lawyers just became Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division.

VW built millions of cars with hardware designed to fake emissions testing data, yet they still exist and people buy their services.