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Re:Who employs your doctor? Increasingly, a private equity firm by cardamomo on Sunday July 16, 2023 @12:48PM (#36749011)
> Normally this is called a scam or a fraud

So why not call it a scam or a fraud? I know there's likely a solid legal argument for not classifying it as such, but laws can be changed.

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Re:Who employs your doctor? Increasingly, a private equity firm by lordnacho on Sunday July 16, 2023 @01:35PM (#36749554)
Because those are terms for standard pretend-products like when someone buys a timeshare or gets a watch they thought was a Rolex.

This is its own thing that operates on another level.

The only thing they have in common is that people aren't getting the value they thought.

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