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Does a Ponzi scheme necessarily need deception in order to be a Ponzi scheme? Seems like the essential component is more that future returns come from past inv
by lalaland1125 5y ago
Does a Ponzi scheme necessarily need deception in order to be a Ponzi scheme?
Seems like the essential component is more that future returns come from past investors.
- topspin 5y agoPaying off early investors with new sources of investment is legal and the difference between that and a Ponzi scheme is that it occurs transparently; the later investors presumably know what they're investing in. Just as they do with Doge. That is until they lose and employ people to help them pretend otherwise.