Shakespeare Explains

 As Jimmy Dore pointed out the other day, most people with a CV like Bill Gates's- which includes multiple accusations of sexual harrassment plus friendship with Jeffrey Epstein- would be long gone, but Gates remains a twinkling star in the firmament of heaven. Would I accept a cough drop from this man? Debateable. Yet he currently occupies an eminence from which he will be able to boss us all  come the next pandemic.

Shakespeare explains why,

"Through tattered clothes small vices do appear
Robes and furred gowns hide all.."