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Religion has nothing to do with it. “Successful Ponzi schemes prey on close-knit communities of victims, so-called “affinity groups,” which the perpetrators of
by jollofricepeas 4y ago
Religion has nothing to do with it.
“Successful Ponzi schemes prey on close-knit communities of victims, so-called “affinity groups,” which the perpetrators of the frauds are either already linked to or can tap into.”
This is hacking of the human mind. Within social groups, we humans become extremely dumb as we jockey for position, acceptance and the like.
The largest and latest Ponzis have happened within the various insular tech & crypto communities which have nothing to do with religion (ex. OneCoin, Terra, DC Solar).
DC Solar even got Berkshire Hathaway to give them $340 million USD.
SOURCES:
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ponzischemes-idUSTRE53R74O20090428 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ponzischemes-idUSTRE53R74...
- latchkey 4y ago> The largest and latest Ponzis have happened within the various insular tech & crypto communities which have nothing to do with religion Depending on how to define the word religion, one could argue that a community, is a religion.
- dibt 4y agoDepending on how to define the word potato, one could argue that a community, is a potato.
- latchkey 4y agoBy that logic, religion is a potato!
- arp242 4y agoIt's true; to be allowed to join the Hacker News community/religion you need to sacrifice a goat once a week to St. Dang the moderator, and a cow once a month to St. Paul the founder.