Sam Bankman-Fried is a feature, not a bug

Re:Sam Bankman-Fried is a feature, not a bug by kodapoda on Sunday November 05, 2023 @01:36PM (#38154096)

I have a growing concern that by engaging in this argument we are making it more acceptable. It's not OK to steal from "rich people". It's not OK to blame everything on the 1%. Online platforms are filled with garbage about the 1%, and most posters are Americans, all of whom actually are in this 1% globally.

If you own a car and/or a home - are you rich? Is it acceptable to steal your $1K investment and spend it on pseudo-EA causes? An argument so ethically bankrupt, I can't believe people even type it on a public forum.

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried is a feature, not a bug by simonebrunozzi on Sunday November 05, 2023 @03:08PM (#38155108)

My point is not that it's ok to steal from the rich people.

My point is that I suspect that SBF stole mostly from non-rich people, which is also NOT ok.

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried is a feature, not a bug by kodapoda on Sunday November 05, 2023 @04:46PM (#38155977)

My frustration about engaging with this argument is in agreement with you—sorry if I wasn't clear. The parent commenter made it seem like FTX only defrauded some abstract rich people, which, according to them, would somehow make it more acceptable.

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