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Re:‘Sam? Are you there? ’ The bizarre and brutal final hours... by windthrown on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @07:55AM (#34788604)
This man is 30 years old and committed fraud on a global scale with open eyes. Please stop calling these company executives "children", distinct from "adults" even if that's how they try to downplay ther own culpability.
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Re:‘Sam? Are you there? ’ The bizarre and brutal final hours... by Waterluvian on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @07:57AM (#34788623)
That’s not what people mean or intend when they call them children. They’re referring to how he has no idea what he’s doing and isn’t making adult decisions.

Indeed, he seems very culpable. He should be treated and prosecuted as an adult. But he is very childish in his actions and behaviour.

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Re:‘Sam? Are you there? ’ The bizarre and brutal final hours... by aliqot on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @08:33AM (#34788987)
i think it goes deeper than that. there is a childlike quality to him and to a lesser extent his troglodyte accomplice.
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Re:‘Sam? Are you there? ’ The bizarre and brutal final hours... by lazide on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @12:48PM (#34793042)
I think they're pointing out, that doesn't mean he doesn't know what he is doing. Just that he LOOKED like he didn't.

As an adult, especially with his background, it's hard to believe he doesn't actually know.

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Re:‘Sam? Are you there? ’ The bizarre and brutal final hours... by Waterluvian on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @05:29PM (#34797125)
The courts will suss that out. They are quite indifferent to this kind of thing.

The Law of Goats applies to the rest: whether you know better or not, you’re still making absolutely boneheaded choices.

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Re:‘Sam? Are you there? ’ The bizarre and brutal final hours... by this_steve_j on Thursday February 16, 2023 @08:39AM (#34818401)
SBF is the original author of the “adults” vs “children” narrative, according to the article.

It’s an incredibly savvy legal strategy and PR move on his part, because if these are just “incompetent kids” then maybe a jury will believe SBF isn’t actually a dangerous sociopath who was caught stuffing billions of dollars into his pockets.

His parents are abetting this pathetic defense and uncritical journalists are amplifying it with puff pieces like this article.

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