The crypto conmen got conned by the grifter in chief. Poetic justice at work 🙂

    • @xyzzy@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      In my experience, extreme wealth is a sign of one or more of: inherited wealth, lack of morality, lack of empathy, lack of humility, lack of self-reflection, or luck. In most cases these people are simply so broken that they’ll justify exploiting other people to get what they want in ways that people with morals simply refuse to.

      Intelligence isn’t a major factor.

      Also they’re willing to spend millions of dollars on a dinner like this because what’s the downside? Losing that money won’t affect their lifestyle in any way. Worst-case scenario, they get a story out of it. Best-case scenario, they get face time with the most powerful person on the planet and maybe a sympathetic ear if they get in trouble with the law (since all of them are privately breaking the law in some way).

      • Pup Biru
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        22 months ago

        honestly imo luck is involved no matter what… maybe other than inherited wealth

        • @Bear_pile@lemm.ee
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          32 months ago

          Inherited wealth is still luck in a sense. They happened to be the lucky one in their rich dad’s balls while I had the bad luck of being in the balls of a drunk asshole

    • @mean_bean279@lemmy.world
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      32 months ago

      People are acting like this man got conned or like they’re stupid. This was a bribe for a get out of jail free card. If you’re rich and make your money in black market ways this is the best possible decision you can make. Your name is on a list in front of the president even if you didn’t meet him. That means a pardon in the future.