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I'm as surprised as many of you that SBF continues to talk to everyone and "admit" all sorts of things. But I think he's just doubling down on the strategy that

I'm as surprised as many of you that SBF continues to talk to everyone and "admit" all sorts of things. But I think he's just doubling down on the strategy that got him this far! Charm and weaponized stupidity got him his billions, why can't charm and weaponized stupidity help get him out of this mess?

tanseydavid 4y ago
It is impossible to weaponize stupidity. Unless of course you know in advance that important and powerful people have your back and will ensure that nothing bad will ever happen to you.
- CamperBob2 4y ago
  It is impossible to weaponize stupidity. It's not impossible, it's literally Rupert Murdoch's business model.
- prawn 4y ago
  If that were the case, the powerful people wouldn't appreciate him constantly talking about it and effectively throwing fuel on the fire? I think it's something else.
  - StanislavPetrov 4y ago
    John Corzine spoke plenty about his billion dollar theft and never faced any consequences.
- freyr 4y ago
  He’s playing stupid. The jury will need to decide if was incompetent or evil, and in that case, you definitely want them thinking you’re incompetent.
  - 2devnull 4y ago
    It makes the powerful people he colluded with, his parents and their network, and powerful politicos like Waters, appear less culpable. He is making sure that he doesn’t appear smart enough to have the capacity to collude though clearly if you follow the money trail that’s exactly what happened. He is making himself to be the scapegoat by playing the fool. Just like Bernie Made-off, he isn’t an island of culpability as is being conveniently portrayed. He was surrounded by various people who can be documented to have benefitted in the millions of dollars and will magically, by slight of hand, walk away from the whole thing scot free. He is the opposite of stupid. He’s playing the fool to help the politically powerful patrons he served. That’s effective “altruism” for sure.
- nr2x 4y ago
  Interesting story: turns out there was once a reality TV star who was such an obvious idiot nobody took it seriously when he decided to run for president...
europeanguy 4y ago
What charm? The guy sounds like a moron.
- civilized 4y ago
  Excellent question. I have no idea.

tanseydavid 4y ago

It is impossible to weaponize stupidity. Unless of course you know in advance that important and powerful people have your back and will ensure that nothing bad will ever happen to you.

CamperBob2 4y ago
It is impossible to weaponize stupidity. It's not impossible, it's literally Rupert Murdoch's business model.
prawn 4y ago
If that were the case, the powerful people wouldn't appreciate him constantly talking about it and effectively throwing fuel on the fire? I think it's something else.
- StanislavPetrov 4y ago
  John Corzine spoke plenty about his billion dollar theft and never faced any consequences.
freyr 4y ago
He’s playing stupid. The jury will need to decide if was incompetent or evil, and in that case, you definitely want them thinking you’re incompetent.
- 2devnull 4y ago
  It makes the powerful people he colluded with, his parents and their network, and powerful politicos like Waters, appear less culpable. He is making sure that he doesn’t appear smart enough to have the capacity to collude though clearly if you follow the money trail that’s exactly what happened. He is making himself to be the scapegoat by playing the fool. Just like Bernie Made-off, he isn’t an island of culpability as is being conveniently portrayed. He was surrounded by various people who can be documented to have benefitted in the millions of dollars and will magically, by slight of hand, walk away from the whole thing scot free. He is the opposite of stupid. He’s playing the fool to help the politically powerful patrons he served. That’s effective “altruism” for sure.
nr2x 4y ago
Interesting story: turns out there was once a reality TV star who was such an obvious idiot nobody took it seriously when he decided to run for president...

europeanguy 4y ago

What charm? The guy sounds like a moron.

civilized 4y ago
Excellent question. I have no idea.