Agree, totally. The only thing I disagree with you with is-- > "It is just business" - this kind of thinking is why we have shitty situations like this I mea

Agree, totally. The only thing I disagree with you with is-- > "It is just business" - this kind of thinking is why we have shitty situations like this I mean I get what you mean, that we sort of normalized it. That's one way to take that: lower our expectations, don't expect better. But I think that's missing a really important piece of the picture: the main other way to take that. So the statement that, in other words, facing that reality calmly and being prepared for it--is causative of that reality. I don't agree with that. That reality is caused by shitty human behavior (what I like to call "ape brain shit"), it is not caused by people accepting this is the way things go (sometimes, right? not always), and taking precautions to protect themselves. Being ready to defend yourself doesn't normalize crime, it does the opposite, I believe. Because fraud may be enabled unfortunately by people not doing that--without at all pushing any responsibility for fraud onto victims--the more you can protect yourself, the less fraud you risk you will face. But none of this practical preparedness makes it OK, nor does it take away from what a shitty situation it is. Very very shitty. Most definitely. But that's what we humans still are, right now, at this stage of our development. Otherwise we would not be so shitty to each other so often. So...exactly, we got to protect ourselves. But you can't do that effectively unless you realize these things go on. People will push risk downhill. It's how it works. So you got to be prepared to handle that. Unfortunately, that's normal business relationship. I agree that it "shouldn't" be that way. But then a lot of things in the world "shouldn't" be the way that they are. When it comes to money, why should we expect that to be any different? I think we can expect that to be worse. Because of how much greed, and obsession and dependency there is on money...But I firmly believe the way to deal with that is to face it with eyes open and work out ways to handle it. Rather than hoping, "Man I wish the system was different." I sure would like to tho...Would love to just let my guard down, not give a shit about contracts. Not think I need to "protect" myself. Would love to do that. But I'd feel I was being irresponsible to myself if I did that--if I expected that somehow someone else was gonna look for the little guy--for me--except me. I'm the one's that got to do that. And I hope you all do that, too--so you stay safe and protect yourselves. Know the world can be crazy out there, people can rip you off--so figure out ways to handle it, and even avoid it, if you can! More power!