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Americans are great marks because we are so relentlessly optimistic
by spoonjim 2y ago
Americans are great marks because we are so relentlessly optimistic
- BiteCode_dev 2y agoAnd rich and uneducated.
- throwaway48476 2y agoWestern societies have higher social trust which enabled them to outcompete the rest of the world. Business moves at the speed of trust. Now that western society has increasing contact with the low trust world it is regressing to the mean.
- kevinventullo 2y agoThe regression is not due to “contact with the low trust world.” Globalism isn’t new. The call is coming from inside the house.
- leosanchez 2y agoDid you account for crypto scammers in your theory ? Aren't most crypto scammers from developed countries ? It can be argued that POTUS himself is a crypto scammer.
- nottorp 2y agoIt helps that marketing that is defined as fraud elsewhere is legal for you ... you get used to it.
- heresie-dabord 2y agoFrom TFA: "You've probably noticed that online scams are everywhere. You see them on job recruitment sites, in your text messages,on dating apps and across social media. And while people are getting better at spotting these scams, scammers are constantly advancing too. Arguably, the most hurtful,personal and financially damaging of these scams is romance scams"