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Re:The most successful people are just the luckiest, a new c... by rolltiide on Monday October 21, 2019 @12:39PM (#21314288)
I’ve been surprised at how uncomfortable people are with capitalism in various parts of Europe

Talk about my fintech venture or trading and young people are visible apprehensive

Very distinct from the general awe and congratulations and “wow but you're so young!” that comes with completely misunderstanding what personal and liquid monetary wealth is

Outside of Monaco and Zug I just started telling people I was a student studying communications

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Re:The most successful people are just the luckiest, a new c... by noize on Monday October 21, 2019 @12:58PM (#21314525)
nah, people are just suspicious of people calling bitcoin "fintech"
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Re:The most successful people are just the luckiest, a new c... by drdeadringer on Monday October 21, 2019 @01:11PM (#21314676)
> fintech

I had to look up what this brand new slang term meant.

fintech = "financial technology".

Linguistic evolution -- be it wanted, needed, or not.

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Re:The most successful people are just the luckiest, a new c... by rolltiide on Monday October 21, 2019 @01:06PM (#21314631)
I’d have a chuckle if you weren't assuming that about my venture

No bitcoin involved

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Re:The most successful people are just the luckiest, a new c... by EugeneOZ on Monday October 21, 2019 @07:17PM (#21318650)
Agree. And that raise of socialism is also annoying. But some of US citizens are communists, not just socialists, so it's not just Europe :)
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Re:The most successful people are just the luckiest, a new c... by rolltiide on Monday October 21, 2019 @11:38PM (#21320188)
> But some of US citizens are communists

I really appreciate the business climate of the US, the tax and accounting rules are so complex that even communists likely wouldn't achieve much if they gained representation. they'll focus on "income tax" and "wealth tax" because its all they know, and their state planning would never gain consensus.

Mark to Market elections on securities transactions at arbitrary prices causing Net Operating Losses forever no matter what the income tax rate is? 60/40 rule on futures trades? Its unlikely they would ever notice.

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