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arrow-up1340arrow-down1external-linkWe have reached the “severed fingers and abductions” stage of the crypto revolution - Ars Technicaarstechnica.comtinosaurier@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squareCeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down2·1 year agoI did acknowledge that it’s not exclusive to the US. And I didn’t say “it is”, I said “it feels like”. FTX, Theranos, Fyre Festival, Enron, Bernie Madoff, Logan Paul’s CrytoZoo, Charles Ponzi (the OG Ponzi scammer), etc. While scams exist everywhere, the US seems specially suited to embolden people to run scams. At least high profile ones.
minus-squaressillyssadass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·1 year agoI mean, the entire US government is currently being used for scamming.
minus-squareDaggity@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·1 year agoThe charismatic snake oil salesman is an American icon.
minus-squarefutatorius@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThe true exceptionalism is what passes for charisma in the US.
minus-squareFredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year agoScams are far more prevalent in EU cities, I don’t know where you got that idea
minus-squareCeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSo the guys on the street that scam tourists are high profile scammers?
I did acknowledge that it’s not exclusive to the US. And I didn’t say “it is”, I said “it feels like”.
FTX, Theranos, Fyre Festival, Enron, Bernie Madoff, Logan Paul’s CrytoZoo, Charles Ponzi (the OG Ponzi scammer), etc.
While scams exist everywhere, the US seems specially suited to embolden people to run scams. At least high profile ones.
I mean, the entire US government is currently being used for scamming.
The charismatic snake oil salesman is an American icon.
The true exceptionalism is what passes for charisma in the US.
Scams are far more prevalent in EU cities, I don’t know where you got that idea
So the guys on the street that scam tourists are high profile scammers?