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Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

… That’s an absolute wild and hella nationalistic take. There’s nothing even slightly uniquely Americans about embezzlement and theft-- Europe has been doing that for thousands of years before America even existed

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CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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.

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- Daggity@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The charismatic snake oil salesman is an American icon.
  
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  - futatorius@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    The true exceptionalism is what passes for charisma in the US.
    
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- ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I mean, the entire US government is currently being used for scamming.
  
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- Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Scams are far more prevalent in EU cities, I don’t know where you got that idea
  
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  - CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    So the guys on the street that scam tourists are high profile scammers?
    
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