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An endeavor with legitimate intent is not a scam, not to mention how devastating that was to Scotland. But go ahead, make fun and light of a national disaster
by b112 3y ago
An endeavor with legitimate intent is not a scam, not to mention how devastating that was to Scotland.
But go ahead, make fun and light of a national disaster that saw people starve, die, and even an entire nation lose their independance.
- sandworm101 3y agoDarien started as a mistake. It evolved into a scam. As for death and suffering, throughout history even the smallest scams have created suffering. That immigrant who lost his money to a card shark? His family might not eat for a month. That woman who lost money on an investment scam? She might have to take a job that will likely kill her in a few years. And a great many scams were openly violent. Darien was not unique in its resultant suffering.
- b112 3y agoIt was never a scam. Never. And using hindsight to call something a mistake, doesn't mean it was apparent to anyone beforehand.
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- samatman 3y agoHow did you reach the conclusion that the post in question was making fun of anything?
- b112 3y agoCallung a legitimate endeavor a nation untook to start their own colony, better their destiny, feed their impoverished people, where brave volunteers died horrible deaths, a 'scam", is hard to interpret otherwise.
- samatman 3y agoSomething can be both a national tragedy and a scam. The Darien scheme, for example, was both.
- b112 3y agoNo part of it was a scam. The fact that the endeavor was made, validates this. Next you'll call US bonds a scam, because scam artists take advantage, and use them in some scammy way.