On: Ellen Pao: My lawsuit failed. Others won’t

[Powerofmene]

In a word, power.

[dredmorbius → Powerofmene]

"Wealth, as Mr Hobbes says, is Power."

-- Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, Book 1, Chapter 5

https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Nations/Book_...

[Powerofmene → dredmorbius]

Agreed. Wealth and held power over her job security, so she was in an untenable and precarious situation.