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> If someone wants to loose money on blatant scams with many warning signs, I say let them. I find this an abhorrent behavior that predates the uneducated. We
by kartan 9y ago
> If someone wants to loose money on blatant scams with many warning signs, I say let them.
I find this an abhorrent behavior that predates the uneducated. We have failed as a society to provide some people, actually a lot of people, with a good education. That people has a hard time defending themselves. Your solution to our failure is to let them being victims of scammers as punishment for being born with a lack of resources.
This is not only morally wrong but even from a purely utilitarian perspective only creates an incentive for companies to move from normal business to legalized scam practices.
> I know saying this makes me unpopular
Take this as constructive feedback. This way of starting your comment creates the same kind of feeling than starting your sentence with "I'm not racist but...". It doesn't add anything to the conversation and it looks like you are trying to excuse something that yourself find wrong to start with.
- pjc50 9y agoQuite a lot of these people are the very old, many of whom had a good education with which they earned their money; but time and dementia leads people into accepting terrible investment scams.