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Re:ICOs at the End of 2017: What We Think We Know and What W... by chimeracoder on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @02:36PM (#15493501)
> I find it unlikely an ICO conviction would help anyone electorally. Only tiny proportion of voters would even understand what happened. It's not like high profile corruption or murder or something everyone gets.

It'd be so easy to spin ICOs as a matter of fraud that's taking advantage of uninformed investors, a Ponzi scheme, or any of the other buzzwords that historically work pretty well in convincing voters of criminal financial activity.

Whether or not you actually view ICOs as any of these things is incidental to whether or not an AG with career ambitions would be able use that rhetoric to gain votes.

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Re:ICOs at the End of 2017: What We Think We Know and What W... by CPLX on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @03:00PM (#15493759)
> It'd be so easy to spin ICOs as a matter of fraud that's taking advantage of uninformed investors, a Ponzi scheme, or any of the other buzzwords that historically work pretty well in convincing voters of criminal financial activity.

Indeed. The fact that ICO's have generally been fraudulent get rich schemes aids greatly in this "spin" of which you speak.

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Re:ICOs at the End of 2017: What We Think We Know and What W... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @04:51PM (#15494812)
Even worse. ICOs are based on crypto magic money. Crypto means computers. Computers means Silicon Valley, which is the current go-to elite to hate. I can see a way to spin this politically that could resonate with plenty of the US population.
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Re:ICOs at the End of 2017: What We Think We Know and What W... by saint_fiasco on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @05:16PM (#15495028)
It is the current go-to elite to hate by other elites. Most normal people don't feel strongly about Silicon Valley.
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Re:ICOs at the End of 2017: What We Think We Know and What W... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @06:05PM (#15495363)
Given the recent deluge of anti-SV (and anti-tech sphere in general) articles in mass media, I'm not sure about that. People do read and share this stuff.
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Re:ICOs at the End of 2017: What We Think We Know and What W... by evilDagmar on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @10:56PM (#15496565)
I think the phrase you're looking for is stalking horse.
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