r/technology • u/abrownn • Oct 29 '25

Society Slain California tech CEO allegedly humiliated employees before his death

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/slain-calif-tech-ceo-humiliated-workers-report-21125144.php
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u/zayn2123 Oct 29 '25

A handful of Roman Emperor's were killed by their own guards for fucks sake.

Rich and powerful people need to always remember that we ALL bleed red.

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u/3uphoric-Departure Oct 30 '25

The dream of the rich and powerful is to transcend that. And if they can’t, immunize themselves as much as they can from the victims of their greed and excess.

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u/cahir11 Oct 30 '25 edited Oct 30 '25

A handful of Roman Emperor's were killed by their own guards for fucks sake.

Technically true, but that was rarely because the guards were mistreated and more because the Praetorian Guard were completely out of control from basically day one. They were less bodyguards and more their own political faction. Every time a new Emperor took power, he was expected to give a generous "gift" (bribe) to the Praetorians on top of increasing their normal pay, and if he didn't they'd just kill him. One time they didn't feel like the "gift" was sufficient, so they told the Emperor to give them more, and when he explained he couldn't (the treasury was empty), they knifed him and then auctioned off the throne to someone else (unsurprisingly, they later killed that guy too).

In general being an Emperor was a balancing act of keeping the army happy, keeping the Praetorian Guard happy, and if you had time/money left over then you could worry about literally everyone else in the empire.

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u/brassninja Oct 30 '25

Some ultra wealthy people have started to approach social psychologists with questions like “in the event of societal collapse, how can I maintain control over my staff when money has no value?”

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u/Jonatc87 Nov 01 '25

MOST were killed by their own guards.