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by CPLX 868 days ago
Do you routinely evaluate the contents of a wallet stolen by a mugger or of a car stolen by a carjacker in this way?
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albntomat0 868 days ago
I do not. My comment was in response to the parent comment saying that financial crime “absolutely causes people to die” and “create far more misery than your average mugger”.
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CPLX 868 days ago
It seems pretty easy to figure out why taking the equivalent of a hundred million wallets creates more misery than taking one of them right.
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albntomat0 868 days ago
A large number of people, less than the “hundred million” that you mention (Wikipedia says FTX had “over one million” customers [0]) lost their highly speculative investment. Yes it’s a crime, and yes it’s serious. All I’m asking for is some nuance.

[0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTX

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CPLX 868 days ago
What’s the nuance, that if someone makes a “speculative investment” they deserve to have the money stolen more than if they walk down a “risky alley” or something?
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