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Then why is he doing all these idiotic things? He’s either an idiot (which I don’t believe) or it’s an act.

• dmix 4y ago
  He hasn’t said anything egregious but considering he is fully aware he lost $5B and knows he had a positive public image he would like to maintain, I’d bet he cares as much about how he appears in public as much or more than he cares about not going to jail. Ego is occams razor There is no a good legal strategy here by talking like this no matter how you spin it. He just desperately wants to come off as a hapless good guy who got in over his head, even if it makes prosecution easier. I’m not buying the brilliant conman narrative until I see more evidence he actually profited from this more than some $16M house for his already upper-middle class family.
  • nemo44x 4y ago
    Oh I don’t think it’s a brilliant strategy but rather one of desperation. I do like the idea he just thinks he can good-guy himself out of it.
    • dmix 4y ago
      Yeah I don't remember a case of someone doing the awk-shucks routine as dedicate as SBF in the recent history of major financial scandals. Maybe that's what got him money in the first place? A disarming pseduo-honesty.
• StanislavPetrov 4y ago
  I think he got high on his own supply (both literally and figuratively). He was being praised and lauded by all of the most powerful people in the world for years. People were throwing billions of dollars at him and telling him he was a genius who could do no wrong. Add in the fact that he is clearly a narcissist and sociopath of the highest order and you get SBF.
• imtringued 4y ago
  What if he is an idiot? You know... like a certain russian leader.