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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish19•2 months ago It’s a whole hell of a lot harder to rig when your name is everywhere when you win. This also sounds like a uniquely US problem. Not that there aren’t scammers everywhere, but it feels like it would be more prevalent in the US.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish20•2 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•2 months agoThe charismatic snake oil salesman is an American icon.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoThe true exceptionalism is what passes for charisma in the US.
minus-squaressillyssadasslinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 months agoI mean, the entire US government is currently being used for scamming.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoScams are far more prevalent in EU cities, I don’t know where you got that idea
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoSo the guys on the street that scam tourists are high profile scammers?
This also sounds like a uniquely US problem. Not that there aren’t scammers everywhere, but it feels like it would be more prevalent in the US.
… 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.
The true exceptionalism is what passes for charisma in the US.
I mean, the entire US government is currently being used for scamming.
Scams are far more prevalent in EU cities, I don’t know where you got that idea
So the guys on the street that scam tourists are high profile scammers?