alt Hacker News> Maybe sleeping with spies was a necessary part of survival, perhaps if he wasn't prone to that then he'd have been assassinated and potential replacement CEOs who are toeing certain lines may have been attempted to replace him after his murder?
This is, frankly, an outlandish statement.
How do you know it's outlandish? You made a claim but provided no supportive arguments. Is it not a logical conclusion? You do know assassination occurs, right? And if less violent methods don't work then strategy escalates towards eliminating people in positions?