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> Is there some reason the SBFs of the world are "puzzlers" and the hundreds of thousands of other people in prison are just criminals? There were about 26 bil
by deciplex 3y ago
> Is there some reason the SBFs of the world are "puzzlers" and the hundreds of thousands of other people in prison are just criminals?
There were about 26 billion reasons for that, at one point.
e: to be clear, I am pointing out a fact of how the world works here, not condoning it
- CPLX 3y agoLatin American cartel leaders have notched similar amounts of wealth, how do we evaluate them?
- deciplex 3y agoWell, we evaluate them rather differently than the Sackler family, that's for certain.
- CPLX 3y agoIronic as they’re in the same line of work.
- themodelplumber 3y agoYou have to be careful going down this path because, for example, there are people in USG carefully constructing and maintaining bridges (so to speak) with those people every day, and this has been true for at least 50+ years. If you are looking for a stereotypical "bad person" example, IMO it's at least a good idea to have an accompanying "bad context" or "bad environment" condition, or your own assessment will tend to be full of ethical blind spots.
- greiskul 3y agoSo was Ponzi an unrecognized genius instead of a fraudster? Money is not a high score in life, and money fraudulently stolen from others even less. This American logic of "guy stole so much money he is rich, lets treat him as better than others" is completely insane, and if you believe it, you deserve to get your money stolen by the SBFs of the world.
- deciplex 3y agoI didn't lose any money to SBF, or any other crypto schemes, for what it's worth.
- danielmarkbruce 3y agoPractically every fraudster or white collar criminal has gotten away with a pretty large sum of money right up until they haven't. Every single one that caught is an idiot - they misunderstood the system they were trying to rip off, they misunderstood and/or didn't think through what checks and balances exist in the system to catch things after they happen. They are idiots.
- themodelplumber 3y ago> e: to be clear, I am pointing out a fact of how the world works here, not condoning it I mentioned the same thing, it doesn't seem to make any difference in situations involving extreme consumer-advocacy flex, I mean who are we to attempt to get two completely separate lines of thought to coexist ;-)