Comment on We have reached the “severed fingers and abductions” stage of the crypto revolution - Ars Technica
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks 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
CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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.
Daggity@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
The charismatic snake oil salesman is an American icon.
futatorius@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
The true exceptionalism is what passes for charisma in the US.
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I mean, the entire US government is currently being used for scamming.
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Scams are far more prevalent in EU cities, I don’t know where you got that idea
CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So the guys on the street that scam tourists are high profile scammers?