• hactar42@lemmy.ml
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    How many times are people going to fall for this? Someone launches a new crypto and hypes it up, a bunch of random people buy into the hype, prices take a huge nose dive, repeat ad nauseam.

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      Because there will always be a new naive generation (aside from those severely mentally ill), a share of people will ALWAYS fall for it. Every year, new people will fall for it

      So don’t be surprised, be informed.

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      It’s scamming the true believers and creates an obfuscated channel for the oligarchs to deliver the carrots / bribes. When Trump launched his memecoin and got a question he waved at the tech billionaires and said “it’s peanuts for these guys”. Unfortunately nobody followed up with asking if that meant those guys were the ones transferring money to Trump through the memecoin.

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      10 months ago

      Yeah this is why we have regulations and consumer protection, or should have.

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      If you are not an insider, don’t buy, simple as that. And even if you think you are, are you really? Were you invited to the lavish opening party with the flamingos and the dancers at the huge mansion with two pools and all that? If not, then you are at the bottom of the totem pole, much like anybody else. Your designated role is to funnel your own money upward.

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        Were you invited to the lavish opening party with the flamingos and the dancers at the huge mansion with two pools and all that?

        If yes then you’re definitely the mark.

        The real test is whether you’re included in the 5 person Signal group they coordinate the date and time to dump

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      I’m sure a bunch of people buy knowing it’ll collapse, but thing they’re so smart and savvy they’ll sell it just in time to get rich

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      I mean, with all due respect, mostly these memecoins aren’t promoted by presidents of countries with sized economies as investment opportunities.

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      10 months ago

      50s was a good time for politics, until we fell for a militar coup in 55, where civilians were bombarded by our own airforce.

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    10 months ago

    Libra

    could have sworn that this was the zuckcoin that was making the rounds a few years ago. I looked it up, they rebranded to “diem” due to legal issues before cancelling it altogether.

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      Libra-now-Diem, yeah. it was a full-on attempt to take the reins of value transmission and storage (“be the economy, be the bank”), beyond just coin

      (also written about by david (which I haven’t read (yet?) because handwave all my usual things on fire))

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        Two scams for the name of one. Double Zuck Grifting!!!

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    Is it a rug pull if it was only ever a way to funnel Russian money into Milei’s pocket? I don’t think average folks fall for grifts like this, or Trump’s meme coin. It’s just a new way to bribe people.

    Like, in days past, they’d have just donated a bunch of money to Milei’s charitable organizations that would turn around and pay Milei exorbitant speaking fees.

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    Lolololol you’re way too brown for 400 million Americans to make room on the Mars Arkkk for you. It only seats three - Elon, the kid, and the sperm in Dons seat.

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        Argentina is a Trump (Americans) toady just like the Nazis. Also apparently a whore for people who approve Naziism to make money with crypto.

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          You sound crazy and you use anti sexworker language ( after some racist language). Nothing you say has to do with the article linked. Also weirdly conspiratorial tone. Not a fan of that.

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            yeah, this is nothing but red flags

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              I’m just sitting here going ‘you are hating this guy wrong!’

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      Economic Shock Doctrine works great for the oligarchs. Less well for everyone else. So it’s not strange that Milei wants to scam his supporters and hand oligarchs a direct way to show their gratitude.

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      That’s weird. I’ve heard you were a spambot.

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        If you have some other insightful video that argues against the one I posted please share. The video I posted represents the (quite shallow) depth of my knowledge on the subject of the economic and political situation in Argentina. 🤷

        Edit: found this explaining the crypto issue, interesting. https://youtu.be/KFHWFeHYhok

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            No idea what’s going on or what I did wrong. I browse by “all”. All I get is insults 🤷

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              we already have hilbert curves, you don’t need to go fill space just because it’s there