tinosaurier@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWe have reached the “severed fingers and abductions” stage of the crypto revolution - Ars Technicaarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1344arrow-down19
arrow-up1335arrow-down1external-linkWe have reached the “severed fingers and abductions” stage of the crypto revolution - Ars Technicaarstechnica.comtinosaurier@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squareCeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down2·3 days 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-squareDaggity@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·2 days agoThe charismatic snake oil salesman is an American icon.
minus-squaressillyssadass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·2 days agoI mean, the entire US government is currently being used for scamming.
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.
The charismatic snake oil salesman is an American icon.
I mean, the entire US government is currently being used for scamming.