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This wiki article would have been helped by a good relatable [edit:] REAL WORLD PRIOR example.
by ggm 1y ago
This wiki article would have been helped by a good relatable [edit:] REAL WORLD PRIOR example.
- toomuchtodo 1y agoAssume you have some wealth. Let us also assume I have embezzled that wealth. I spend as if it is mine. You spend and act as if you still have it, not knowing you do not. This is the bezzel. Think of it as a quantum superposition of wealth that collapses when the illusion is revealed.
- ggm 1y agoYou gave me an abstraction. I was seeking a historical instantiation. I have edited my text accordingly. Thank you for your abstraction. This appears to be Bernie Madoff, or possibly Anthony Trollop's Augustus Melmotte.