I'm fairly sure that Ponzi schemes are, unlike YouTube, illegal in most countries though. > If you fall for that kind of "encouragement" you probably should re

I'm fairly sure that Ponzi schemes are, unlike YouTube, illegal in most countries though. > If you fall for that kind of "encouragement" you probably should review your own naive world view. I guess that's what makes you a anarcho-capitalist and me a socialist. I'm not sure where you're from, but I'm German. The general attitude in the US for example seems to be that "your problem is your problem". Like many other European countries, in Germany the view tends to be closer to "your problem is everyone's problem" (though I think some of the Nordic countries take this to a greater extreme than us). This is why we have a real social welfare system, real public health care, real workers rights and real consumer protection laws. You're still not excused from being a naive idiot, but it's not only considered unethical to exploit naive idiots, it's also almost always a crime. Not because we want to encourage people to be naive idiots but because we think it's society's moral duty to protect even the naive idiots (and because everyone eventually has their moment of being a naive idiot about something).