A guy involved in a crypto scam that might bring down the Argentinian president is going on a bunch of podcasts, incriminating himself
Meanwhile, the Hawk Tuah lady has listened to her lawyers and gone radio silent since her meme coin flopped
One of these people is smarter
(this is over an hour of a guy basically saying, "what am I supposed to do, not scam people???". Long interview, but honestly shocking to me)
@healyn cmon, you guys dumped money into the shell game industry! you expected to get it back? buddy I dunno what to tell, the business is the scam! and you said you were savvy.
@aismallard @saraphim I was definitely exaggerating, but it's still such a goofy reason to face possible impeachment (deserved, but goofy!)
@AppleAmps @saraphim @aismallard It SHOULD be a huge scandal. Trump has so many scandals, nobody here even pays attention to him and his wife making a shit ton of money on meme coins last month
@AppleAmps @saraphim @aismallard really, really wish I could disagree with any of this
Noticeable pattern since Trump first got elected in 2016 of guys thinking they can brazenly get away with these crimes--Fyre Festival guy did fraud with the Fyre Festival, then had a documentary crew follow him around while he did MORE crimes
SBF did a bunch of podcasts explaining crimes he was doing
Here's another guy with the Argentina meme coin. Little tip: You have to be able to OFFER TRUMP SOMETHING! Ask Eric Adams
@healyn People like SBF think that if they come up with a clever enough way to frame a crime it’s no longer a crime.
“I just told them things, talking isn’t illegal”, etc.
@maddiefuzz how can anyone hate on something called "effective altruism"?
@healyn It’s right there in the name, you can’t call things something they aren’t
Just look at national socialism
@0x4d6165 I think if someone goes on the show with the mission of being antagonistic towards him, it's a good idea to try to reach a wider audience. But I agree with your broader point (fuck him)
@AppleAmps @saraphim @healyn @aismallard lol just watched that, hilarious, is that what it was. https://elpais.com/argentina/2025-02-19/el-escandalo-de-la-criptomoneda-libra-coloca-a-milei-ante-su-peor-crisis-en-mas-de-un-ano-de-gobierno.html
the other difference with the US is we have never, ever jailed our presidents for committing crimes, whereas Argentina (and plenty of other Latin American countries) has a rich history of this.