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minus-squareFredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down7·19 hours ago… That’s an absolute wild and hella nationalistic take. There’s nothing even slightly uniquely Americans about embezzlement and theft-- Europe has been doing that for thousands of years before America even existed
minus-squareCeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·19 hours agoI did acknowledge that it’s not exclusive to the US. And I didn’t say “it is”, I said “it feels like”. FTX, Theranos, Fyre Festival, Enron, Bernie Madoff, Logan Paul’s CrytoZoo, Charles Ponzi (the OG Ponzi scammer), etc. While scams exist everywhere, the US seems specially suited to embolden people to run scams. At least high profile ones.
minus-squareDaggity@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·7 hours agoThe charismatic snake oil salesman is an American icon.
minus-squaressillyssadass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 hours agoI mean, the entire US government is currently being used for scamming.
… That’s an absolute wild and hella nationalistic take. There’s nothing even slightly uniquely Americans about embezzlement and theft-- Europe has been doing that for thousands of years before America even existed
I did acknowledge that it’s not exclusive to the US. And I didn’t say “it is”, I said “it feels like”.
FTX, Theranos, Fyre Festival, Enron, Bernie Madoff, Logan Paul’s CrytoZoo, Charles Ponzi (the OG Ponzi scammer), etc.
While scams exist everywhere, the US seems specially suited to embolden people to run scams. At least high profile ones.
The charismatic snake oil salesman is an American icon.
I mean, the entire US government is currently being used for scamming.