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Why worry about crime when you’re not the victim? Because not constantly screwing each other over whenever possible is the fundamental basis for society. When s
by mikeash 7y ago
Why worry about crime when you’re not the victim? Because not constantly screwing each other over whenever possible is the fundamental basis for society. When somebody is pulling an obvious con, it’s reasonable to be concerned even when you’re not the target.
- freehunter 7y agoI worry about crime when it impacts the victims. I worry less about crime when there are no victims or when the victim does not feel the impact. A person getting mugged on the street and then not being able to pay his rent is worth worrying about. A billionaire being scammed out of $100,000 is not. The users of MoviePass being scammed would be terrible. The VCs being scammed is the cost of doing business.
- EpicEng 7y ago>I worry about crime when it impacts the victims. I worry less about crime when there are no victims or when the victim does not feel the impact. MP has consistently lied to their customers about movie availability and made it extremely difficult/impossible to cancel subscriptions. They are also a publically traded company with no viable business model. There are victims.
- mikeash 7y agoEven if there weren’t, it looked like there were because “help me screw this rich guy” is a really common scam tactic.