Carlos Watson was a “con artist” running a “criminal organization,” the government says. Why didn’t I see it?
I Had a Front-Row Seat to One of the Greatest Media Disasters of Our Era. I Still Don’t Know What I Believe.It Was Supposed to Be Our Greatest Defense Against Trump. It’s Failed Spectacularly.
Watson’s attempt to take advantage of the moment, of this squishiness, and of his own background is unsurprising, even understandable, for someone eager for financial success in a system built to keep you out. But he lied and schemed. By playing to these contrived and ultimately short-lived corporate quotas—efforts he should have known were not building toward real justice—he made himself an easy investment, but he also lost himself along the way.
In the end, Watson’s story may fit an alternative reading of “Ozymandias.” It isn’t an epic but a more specific, more sad story of ambition so bright it blinds the king to his own delusions. It blinds the king to the destruction he causes. I won’t be at Watson’s sentencing. I have little faith in our carceral system’s ability to correct the wrongs here. I do hope someday Watson will see “that colossal wreck” he created.
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