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This man is 30 years old and committed fraud on a global scale with open eyes. Please stop calling these company executives "children", distinct from "adults" e
by windthrown 4y ago
This man is 30 years old and committed fraud on a global scale with open eyes. Please stop calling these company executives "children", distinct from "adults" even if that's how they try to downplay ther own culpability.
- Waterluvian 4y agoThat’s not what people mean or intend when they call them children. They’re referring to how he has no idea what he’s doing and isn’t making adult decisions. Indeed, he seems very culpable. He should be treated and prosecuted as an adult. But he is very childish in his actions and behaviour.
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- lazide 4y agoI think they're pointing out, that doesn't mean he doesn't know what he is doing. Just that he LOOKED like he didn't. As an adult, especially with his background, it's hard to believe he doesn't actually know.
- Waterluvian 4y agoThe courts will suss that out. They are quite indifferent to this kind of thing. The Law of Goats applies to the rest: whether you know better or not, you’re still making absolutely boneheaded choices.
- this_steve_j 4y agoSBF is the original author of the “adults” vs “children” narrative, according to the article. It’s an incredibly savvy legal strategy and PR move on his part, because if these are just “incompetent kids” then maybe a jury will believe SBF isn’t actually a dangerous sociopath who was caught stuffing billions of dollars into his pockets. His parents are abetting this pathetic defense and uncritical journalists are amplifying it with puff pieces like this article.