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We have reached the “severed fingers and abductions” stage of the crypto revolution - Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
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[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I mean, the entire US government is currently being used for scamming.

[–] Daggity@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The charismatic snake oil salesman is an American icon.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

The true exceptionalism is what passes for charisma in the US.

[–] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Scams are far more prevalent in EU cities, I don't know where you got that idea

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

So the guys on the street that scam tourists are high profile scammers?