Somebody call Tom Selleck!

“You are illegally parked on private property. You have twenty seconds to move your vehicle.” -ED-209

They have a series on Gates too.

The answer to OPs question is that these people they admired were just as bad, just better at PR. Unless you think that social media has had some kind of positive effect in outing these newer bastards. Being young and naive may also have been a factor (which I can personally attest to since I was a fan of MS back in the 90s before I learned about them).

Jupiter was declared too big to fail.

I think a TARDIS can do that.

Dwarf continent

Ah yes, the ol’ “promoted to the level of their incompetence”. SOP. Or SNAFU, take your pick.

That’s amusing, jenga on the moon.

Sounds pricey. Discs are cheap.

But where to store it all now?

Assuming they don’t own them already as a sort of pressure valve. Yeah I’m getting that cynical.