What I found funny about that kind of attitude is less the conspiratorial mindset but more the weirdly gullible perception of the world of crime. People who ar

What I found funny about that kind of attitude is less the conspiratorial mindset but more the weirdly gullible perception of the world of crime. People who are willing to be bribed generally tend to lack integrity and loyalty, so if you ever think that handing a corrupt person money is going to protect you once you turn from an asset into a liability with no leverage, stay out of that world. Which is probably what SBF thought too, which is why he was a really shoddy political operator and white collar fraudster with a very short lifespan.