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Re:Small Investors Who Jumped into Crypto on FTX Say, Now What? by version_five on Monday December 05, 2022 @07:46PM (#33874238)
That doesn't make sense to me. If I took my life savings and bet it on a roulette system where I kept doubling down, and then lost and complained that i didn't know it was risky, should someone feel bad for me? A greedy ignoramus (lots of them) put their money into a ponzi scheme and lost it. That's not something that should be encouraged, or softened. People should learn that their actions have consequences.
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Re:Small Investors Who Jumped into Crypto on FTX Say, Now What? by the_gastropod on Monday December 05, 2022 @07:56PM (#33874348)
There’s a reason roulette tables are illegal in most parts of the US. Being unintelligent should not be a justification for a life of misery. If we’re lucky, many of us will get older and lose some cognitive ability. I hope society maintains such safeguards into my twilight years.
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Re:Small Investors Who Jumped into Crypto on FTX Say, Now What? by version_five on Monday December 05, 2022 @07:58PM (#33874370)
> Being unintelligent

There's a difference between ignorance and stupidity

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Re:Small Investors Who Jumped into Crypto on FTX Say, Now What? by philosopher1234 on Monday December 05, 2022 @08:02PM (#33874416)
Should stupidity be punished by death?
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Re:Small Investors Who Jumped into Crypto on FTX Say, Now What? by philosopher1234 on Monday December 05, 2022 @08:01PM (#33874410)
Should you? As in do you owe them pity? Fuck if I know.

But would the world be a little bit nicer if they only lost, say, half of their life instead of all of it? Seems so to me.

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