[hnfong]

> It's a meaningless statement that can be said about anything.

Which statement?

> It's more complicated.

Says the person who claimed "It's not rocket science."

> You intensionally misconstrued

Assume good faith. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> the banking theft example

Even during a bank run, employees are supposed to get paid. When the banker takes your money and uses it to pay salary, it's not banking theft. Theft happens when the exchange (not banker) promises you to hold your assets in escrow and then uses it to pay themselves. There's a legal difference between bankers and exchanges in which one borrows your money, and the other holds your assets on your behalf.

The fact that you don't (want to) understand the point doesn't make it non-existent.