https://twitter.com/democracynow/status/1773386390186668155

  • joaomarrom [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 months ago

    Sam Bankman is now fried

    But seriously, it's a very convenient end to this whole situation that there's now a big "THE END" sign hovering in front of a clusterfuck of financial crimes, with one very prominent face behind bars. Are we supposed to believe that this is it? That there's not dozens of other professional money whisperers getting away scot-free, and already planning their next move?

    • Rom [he/him]
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      3 months ago

      lmao this turns Bankman-Fried into an example of nominative determinism

    • AcidLeaves [he/him, he/him]
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      3 months ago

      lol literally just admitting they only care about being robbed if its a poor person doing it

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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      3 months ago

      So if I personally rob them I'm sure I'd be granted the same latitude by them.

      • CoolYori [she/her]
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        3 months ago

        No because robbing is for poor people when you are rich its called fraud. You see if you lie to someone and then take their money its different than threatening them and taking their money.

        lenin-rage

  • trabpukcip [he/him]
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    3 months ago

    Seems like kind of a long time for finance crimes, but then I looked up Bernie Madoff, and he got 150 years and died in the clink in 2021

  • invo_rt [he/him]
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    3 months ago

    This dude deserves it, but the only reason he's actually doing time is that he broke the cardinal rule of "don't fuck over institutional investors". Did any CEOs go to jail for doing mass mortgage fraud in 2008?

    • PeeOnYou [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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      3 months ago

      no, in fact they just changed the rules of the game affecting the whole rest of the world

      that's what happens when you're part of the club

    • HexbearGPT [comrade/them]
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      3 months ago

      Exactly. He’s just the new bernie madoff: don’t steal from the rich is the only lesson here.

    • Grandpa_garbagio [he/him]
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      3 months ago

      A guy dressed as Sheldon from the big bang theory tried to make fun of my friend on Halloween because he has hair like SBF (so do I for that matter)

      Let me reiterate: A guy dressed like fucking Sheldon

      It's been a nightmare out here

      • abc [he/him, comrade/them]
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        3 months ago

        rat-salute-2 brother I can completely commiserate with you my coworker shyly asked me today if I was planning on getting a haircut anytime soon and I had to hit them with a stern "no I actually like my hair this long" (and because it is naturally a way curlier fro than SBF's, the weight of it has unfortunately caused my curls and hair to look EXACTLY like his does in this pic)

  • Rooskie91@discuss.online
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    3 months ago

    Cool, now put all the dipshits that mistook his ADHD for genus in jail. If you're big business boy and you can't even tell when a loser is playing you, you don't deserve to be a big business boy.

    • BakerBagel@midwest.social
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      3 months ago

      You can't just throw every MBA in jail like that. Who's going to funnel the maintenance budget into stock buybacks at my company?

      • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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        3 months ago

        Don't forget screwing up Boeing. They went from making incredibly good planes like the original 747, to the 737 MAX variants which constantly get involved in accidents. All because the MBA bean counters got to be in charge instead of the engineers.

        • Teekeeus [comrade/them]
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          3 months ago

          Don't forget screwing up Boeing. They went from making incredibly good planes like the original 747, to the 737 MAX variants which constantly get involved in accidents. All because the MBA bean counters got to be in charge instead of the engineers.

          Critical support to McDonnell Douglas for fucking over an important extension of the US government

  • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 months ago

    Glad to see that Mr. Some Banking Fraud is finally going to jail. Deserves a longer sentence honestly.

    Wonder what's going to happen to all his business partners, including his girlfriend. Surely this is a green light to go after them too?

  • HexbearGPT [comrade/them]
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    3 months ago

    This is autistic discrimination, probably.

    In like 150 years they’ll be as appalled at this as we are at when they put like disabled people on display in the circus.