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Ivo Shandor [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 3:54:05 PM  
He also donated to Republicans who vote like Republicans.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/30/ftx-billionaire-sam-bankman-fried-dark-money-republicans
 
AdmirableSnackbar [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 4:01:40 PM  
So he donated to most Democrats. This is why we can't have nice things.
 
make me some tea [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 5:06:15 PM  
I'm pleased to see all scumbags like him go down, no matter what tribe they attach themselves to they're a toxic influence rotting it out from the inside, and good riddance to another conman.
 
Pocket Ninja [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 5:28:28 PM  
If I don't see him blubber and cry at least three or four times before his conviction and sentencing, I'm going to be very, very disappointed.
 
UltimaCS
2023-02-01 6:19:53 PM  
Cryptobros are Libertarian-aligned. They'll whisper a few sweet nothings about legalized weed, then use too much teeth.
 
Fooshards
2023-02-01 6:22:36 PM  
If what controls politics is a dollar, controlled opposition is super easy.
 
Wessoman
2023-02-01 6:23:47 PM  
I know he's a smart guy on Twitter and he writes really insightful articles, but to me "Jeet Heer" sounds like a masturbation aid product.
 
mistahtom
2023-02-01 6:26:41 PM  
This scam is such a scam that the scam is a scam.
 
Dr Dreidel
2023-02-01 6:27:14 PM  

Wessoman: I know he's a smart guy on Twitter and he writes really insightful articles, but to me "Jeet Heer" sounds like a masturbation aid product.


"Unlucky at love? Jeet Heer, and do it yourself!"

// sir, shouldn't that be "yeet her"?
// could be, I don't speak Gen-Z
 
SplittingAces
2023-02-01 6:30:39 PM  

AdmirableSnackbar: So he donated to most Democrats. This is why we can't have nice things.

This new new left has been met with a cohort of donors and establishment strategists who, since 2018, have systematically targeted left-leaning primary candidates for defeat.


Dis you, Jeet?

/ never mind the Republicans he donated too

// RIGGED!
 
MattytheMouse
2023-02-01 6:32:12 PM  
Above all else, he donated to people with the intent of getting a seat at the table when it came time to regulate crypto. Like, this isn't a "Republican v. Democrat," thing, this is a "our system of governance is farked that we just allow people with monies interests to buy their way in," thing.
 
Weatherkiss [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 6:32:27 PM  
Don't forget that any progressive who complains about this kind of thing happening is really just exhibiting a persecution complex and is really a secret Republican.
 
durbnpoisn [BareFark]
2023-02-01 6:33:35 PM  
A word on this.  Because I haven't thought about it in a while.

I got all the misc crypto I have out of exchanges a long time ago.  Before FTX was making any headlines, I had already gotten off all exchanges.  I never trusted having more than $100 in there at any time because at any moment, they could fold up their tables and disappear into the night.  And your coins are gone.

Anyway, that's why i got out of all of it.  When I saw the FTX stuff I was like, "pffft.  I'm safe."

I was so long out of exchanges by that point that I had to look up all about FTX to find out what happened.  And all I could think was, "Well, I was right not to be on THAT exchange."

That's all I have to say about exchanges and FTX.
 
dailygrinds
2023-02-01 6:35:43 PM  
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MattytheMouse
2023-02-01 6:37:26 PM  
Like, framing this as "he donated to democrats/republicans" is the single dumbest way to frame this. It's sports team garbage that undermines the point that point that politicians are bought, and that's just normalized now.
 
Artist
2023-02-01 6:38:00 PM  

durbnpoisn: A word on this.  Because I haven't thought about it in a while.

I got all the misc crypto I have out of exchanges a long time ago.  Before FTX was making any headlines, I had already gotten off all exchanges.  I never trusted having more than $100 in there at any time because at any moment, they could fold up their tables and disappear into the night.  And your coins are gone.

Anyway, that's why i got out of all of it.  When I saw the FTX stuff I was like, "pffft.  I'm safe."

I was so long out of exchanges by that point that I had to look up all about FTX to find out what happened.  And all I could think was, "Well, I was right not to be on THAT exchange."

That's all I have to say about exchanges and FTX.


Yep. I tried to research what this crypto was....couldn't understand it. Gonna play an other person's game? Bet what you're comfortable loosing, and don't give 'em a dime more, walk away 'n call it a day.
 
Wine Sipping Elitist [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 6:38:16 PM  
Oh Fark has finally come up to speed on this? From what I read, he was bankrolled and funded by the democrats, or related to a couple of them or something and so he contributed to their funds.

Lol when you have self-admitted meth heads running billion dollar financial companies, they are politically connected.
 
Bith Set Me Up
2023-02-01 6:38:27 PM  

dailygrinds: [pbs.twimg.com image 850x514]


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If the super-wealthy wants something, it *immediately* gets done.

If ordinary people want something, suddenly, they want to think it through?
 
Bith Set Me Up
2023-02-01 6:39:57 PM  

MattytheMouse: Above all else, he donated to people with the intent of getting a seat at the table when it came time to regulate crypto. Like, this isn't a "Republican v. Democrat," thing, this is a "our system of governance is farked that we just allow people with monies interests to buy their way in," thing.


MattytheMouse: Like, framing this as "he donated to democrats/republicans" is the single dumbest way to frame this. It's sports team garbage that undermines the point that point that politicians are bought, and that's just normalized now.


QFT.

It isn't "red states vs. blue states", it's progress vs. capitalism.
 
DoctorCal
2023-02-01 6:40:31 PM  
Jeet Heer


Yeah, one night last week. The Nicoise salad was the best part of the meal.
 
MattytheMouse
2023-02-01 6:42:53 PM  

Bith Set Me Up: MattytheMouse: Above all else, he donated to people with the intent of getting a seat at the table when it came time to regulate crypto. Like, this isn't a "Republican v. Democrat," thing, this is a "our system of governance is farked that we just allow people with monies interests to buy their way in," thing.

MattytheMouse: Like, framing this as "he donated to democrats/republicans" is the single dumbest way to frame this. It's sports team garbage that undermines the point that point that politicians are bought, and that's just normalized now.

QFT.

It isn't "red states vs. blue states", it's progress vs. capitalism.


It's like "republicans have been throwing puppies into the scorpion sacrificial pit after the Supreme Court found it pivotal to decision making in 2011... But so have democrats!"

And we're over here just like "okay... Maybe the puppy/scorpion scarf if y'all pit is actually unneeded and bad?"
 
MattytheMouse
2023-02-01 6:43:31 PM  

MattytheMouse: Bith Set Me Up: MattytheMouse: Above all else, he donated to people with the intent of getting a seat at the table when it came time to regulate crypto. Like, this isn't a "Republican v. Democrat," thing, this is a "our system of governance is farked that we just allow people with monies interests to buy their way in," thing.

MattytheMouse: Like, framing this as "he donated to democrats/republicans" is the single dumbest way to frame this. It's sports team garbage that undermines the point that point that politicians are bought, and that's just normalized now.

QFT.

It isn't "red states vs. blue states", it's progress vs. capitalism.

It's like "republicans have been throwing puppies into the scorpion sacrificial pit after the Supreme Court found it pivotal to decision making in 2011... But so have democrats!"

And we're over here just like "okay... Maybe the puppy/scorpion scarf if y'all pit is actually unneeded and bad?"


Sacrificial pit* damn you autocorrect!
 
gameshowhost [OhFark]
2023-02-01 6:44:32 PM  

Pocket Ninja: If I don't see him blubber and cry at least three or four times before his conviction and sentencing, I'm going to be very, very disappointed.


I guess I never thought about it that way but SAME now.
 
whidbey
2023-02-01 6:45:21 PM  
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gameshowhost [OhFark]
2023-02-01 6:46:07 PM  

Weatherkiss: Don't forget that any progressive who complains about this kind of thing happening is really just exhibiting a persecution complex and is really a secret Republican.


ORLY COLD WAR SOVIET SPY GIRL
 
Bith Set Me Up
2023-02-01 6:47:23 PM  

Weatherkiss: Don't forget that any progressive who complains about this kind of thing happening is really just exhibiting a persecution complex and is really a secret Republican.


gameshowhost: Weatherkiss: Don't forget that any progressive who complains about this kind of thing happening is really just exhibiting a persecution complex and is really a secret Republican.

ORLY COLD WAR SOVIET SPY GIRL


Moderate Democrats: (*sobbing*) "I didn't think the face-eating leopards in sheep's clothing would eat MY face..."
 
MattytheMouse
2023-02-01 6:48:49 PM  

UltimaCS: Cryptobros are Libertarian-aligned. They'll whisper a few sweet nothings about legalized weed, then use too much teeth.


What gets me is how nobody has called out the fact that Effective Altruism is literally just Trickle Down Economics by another name. We really need to start getting into the habit of hitting everybody that says "guys, what we really need are more errant billionaires to invest into their communities," with newspapers every time they come up.
 
Bith Set Me Up
2023-02-01 6:52:41 PM  

MattytheMouse: UltimaCS: Cryptobros are Libertarian-aligned. They'll whisper a few sweet nothings about legalized weed, then use too much teeth.

What gets me is how nobody has called out the fact that Effective Altruism is literally just Trickle Down Economics by another name. We really need to start getting into the habit of hitting everybody that says "guys, what we really need are more errant billionaires to invest into their communities," with newspapers every time they come up.


Why Billionaires Won't Save Us | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Netflix
Youtube mS9CFBlLOcg
 
AdmirableSnackbar [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 6:52:42 PM  

MattytheMouse: Above all else, he donated to people with the intent of getting a seat at the table when it came time to regulate crypto. Like, this isn't a "Republican v. Democrat," thing, this is a "our system of governance is farked that we just allow people with monies interests to buy their way in," thing.


That's the idea behind capitalism. Those with the money make the rules. It's right there in the name, it's the belief that capital rules all.
 
NuclearPenguins [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 6:54:34 PM  
This thread has some big first-year college student energy.
 
GregInIndy
2023-02-01 6:57:20 PM  

durbnpoisn: A word on this.  Because I haven't thought about it in a while.

I got all the misc crypto I have out of exchanges a long time ago.  Before FTX was making any headlines, I had already gotten off all exchanges.  I never trusted having more than $100 in there at any time because at any moment, they could fold up their tables and disappear into the night.  And your coins are gone.

Anyway, that's why i got out of all of it.  When I saw the FTX stuff I was like, "pffft.  I'm safe."

I was so long out of exchanges by that point that I had to look up all about FTX to find out what happened.  And all I could think was, "Well, I was right not to be on THAT exchange."

That's all I have to say about exchanges and FTX.


The thing I love about these stories people tell about the adroit nature of their investment wizardry is that you never, ever hear the opposite story told publicly. Clearly it's because nobody's lost huge sums on crypto. It's all winners, all the time.
 
austerity101
2023-02-01 6:59:15 PM  

MattytheMouse: Like, framing this as "he donated to democrats/republicans" is the single dumbest way to frame this. It's sports team garbage that undermines the point that point that politicians are bought, and that's just normalized now.


Yep. It's not D vs. R. That's a lie that moderates want you to believe.
 
austerity101
2023-02-01 7:00:43 PM  

MattytheMouse: Bith Set Me Up: MattytheMouse: Above all else, he donated to people with the intent of getting a seat at the table when it came time to regulate crypto. Like, this isn't a "Republican v. Democrat," thing, this is a "our system of governance is farked that we just allow people with monies interests to buy their way in," thing.

MattytheMouse: Like, framing this as "he donated to democrats/republicans" is the single dumbest way to frame this. It's sports team garbage that undermines the point that point that politicians are bought, and that's just normalized now.

QFT.

It isn't "red states vs. blue states", it's progress vs. capitalism.

It's like "republicans have been throwing puppies into the scorpion sacrificial pit after the Supreme Court found it pivotal to decision making in 2011... But so have democrats!"

And we're over here just like "okay... Maybe the puppy/scorpion scarf if y'all pit is actually unneeded and bad?"


Demanding we do something about the scorpion pit is just more demanding ponies.
 
whidbey
2023-02-01 7:01:37 PM  

NuclearPenguins: This thread has some big first-year college student energy.


Are you saying the Dumbgressive Wave is starting to churn?
 
NuclearPenguins [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 7:02:25 PM  

GregInIndy: durbnpoisn: A word on this.  Because I haven't thought about it in a while.

I got all the misc crypto I have out of exchanges a long time ago.  Before FTX was making any headlines, I had already gotten off all exchanges.  I never trusted having more than $100 in there at any time because at any moment, they could fold up their tables and disappear into the night.  And your coins are gone.

Anyway, that's why i got out of all of it.  When I saw the FTX stuff I was like, "pffft.  I'm safe."

I was so long out of exchanges by that point that I had to look up all about FTX to find out what happened.  And all I could think was, "Well, I was right not to be on THAT exchange."

That's all I have to say about exchanges and FTX.

The thing I love about these stories people tell about the adroit nature of their investment wizardry is that you never, ever hear the opposite story told publicly. Clearly it's because nobody's lost huge sums on crypto. It's all winners, all the time.


I have a client in his early 20's who lost somewhere near $400k with his brilliant crypto trades. It's hard not to laugh at him to his face.
 
MattytheMouse
2023-02-01 7:03:46 PM  

NuclearPenguins: GregInIndy: durbnpoisn: A word on this.  Because I haven't thought about it in a while.

I got all the misc crypto I have out of exchanges a long time ago.  Before FTX was making any headlines, I had already gotten off all exchanges.  I never trusted having more than $100 in there at any time because at any moment, they could fold up their tables and disappear into the night.  And your coins are gone.

Anyway, that's why i got out of all of it.  When I saw the FTX stuff I was like, "pffft.  I'm safe."

I was so long out of exchanges by that point that I had to look up all about FTX to find out what happened.  And all I could think was, "Well, I was right not to be on THAT exchange."

That's all I have to say about exchanges and FTX.

The thing I love about these stories people tell about the adroit nature of their investment wizardry is that you never, ever hear the opposite story told publicly. Clearly it's because nobody's lost huge sums on crypto. It's all winners, all the time.

I have a client in his early 20's who lost somewhere near $400k with his brilliant crypto trades. It's hard not to laugh at him to his face.


My Pokémon card collection continue to be a better investment than crypto, lol
 
DoctorCal
2023-02-01 7:06:54 PM  
Isn't crypto really ... dork money?
 
erik-k [OhFark]
2023-02-01 7:07:23 PM  

Fooshards: If what controls politics is a dollar, controlled opposition is super easy.


I'm beginning to feel as if maybe the GQPers on the SCOTUS responsible for CU should be strung up by their balls.
 
GregInIndy
2023-02-01 7:09:27 PM  

NuclearPenguins: GregInIndy: durbnpoisn: A word on this.  Because I haven't thought about it in a while.

I got all the misc crypto I have out of exchanges a long time ago.  Before FTX was making any headlines, I had already gotten off all exchanges.  I never trusted having more than $100 in there at any time because at any moment, they could fold up their tables and disappear into the night.  And your coins are gone.

Anyway, that's why i got out of all of it.  When I saw the FTX stuff I was like, "pffft.  I'm safe."

I was so long out of exchanges by that point that I had to look up all about FTX to find out what happened.  And all I could think was, "Well, I was right not to be on THAT exchange."

That's all I have to say about exchanges and FTX.

The thing I love about these stories people tell about the adroit nature of their investment wizardry is that you never, ever hear the opposite story told publicly. Clearly it's because nobody's lost huge sums on crypto. It's all winners, all the time.

I have a client in his early 20's who lost somewhere near $400k with his brilliant crypto trades. It's hard not to laugh at him to his face.


There were all those letters written to the bankruptcy court during the Celsius collapse this year. Those were more private but God, they were simply heart wrenching. Peoples' life savings gone. That is the real story of this crypto bubble; it's awful and should be told more openly.
 
Bith Set Me Up
2023-02-01 7:10:08 PM  

austerity101: MattytheMouse: Like, framing this as "he donated to democrats/republicans" is the single dumbest way to frame this. It's sports team garbage that undermines the point that point that politicians are bought, and that's just normalized now.

Yep. It's not D vs. R. That's a lie that moderates want you to believe.


austerity101: MattytheMouse: Bith Set Me Up: MattytheMouse: Above all else, he donated to people with the intent of getting a seat at the table when it came time to regulate crypto. Like, this isn't a "Republican v. Democrat," thing, this is a "our system of governance is farked that we just allow people with monies interests to buy their way in," thing.

MattytheMouse: Like, framing this as "he donated to democrats/republicans" is the single dumbest way to frame this. It's sports team garbage that undermines the point that point that politicians are bought, and that's just normalized now.

QFT.

It isn't "red states vs. blue states", it's progress vs. capitalism.

It's like "republicans have been throwing puppies into the scorpion sacrificial pit after the Supreme Court found it pivotal to decision making in 2011... But so have democrats!"

And we're over here just like "okay... Maybe the puppy/scorpion scarf if y'all pit is actually unneeded and bad?"

Demanding we do something about the scorpion pit is just more demanding ponies.


Fark user imageView Full Size


https://jacobin.com/2022/11/midterms-2022-progressives-democrats-abortion-student-debt-wages-health-care

whidbey: NuclearPenguins: This thread has some big first-year college student energy.

Are you saying the Dumbgressive Wave is starting to churn?


Fark user imageView Full Size
 
NuclearPenguins [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 7:10:53 PM  

GregInIndy: NuclearPenguins: GregInIndy: durbnpoisn: A word on this.  Because I haven't thought about it in a while.

I got all the misc crypto I have out of exchanges a long time ago.  Before FTX was making any headlines, I had already gotten off all exchanges.  I never trusted having more than $100 in there at any time because at any moment, they could fold up their tables and disappear into the night.  And your coins are gone.

Anyway, that's why i got out of all of it.  When I saw the FTX stuff I was like, "pffft.  I'm safe."

I was so long out of exchanges by that point that I had to look up all about FTX to find out what happened.  And all I could think was, "Well, I was right not to be on THAT exchange."

That's all I have to say about exchanges and FTX.

The thing I love about these stories people tell about the adroit nature of their investment wizardry is that you never, ever hear the opposite story told publicly. Clearly it's because nobody's lost huge sums on crypto. It's all winners, all the time.

I have a client in his early 20's who lost somewhere near $400k with his brilliant crypto trades. It's hard not to laugh at him to his face.

There were all those letters written to the bankruptcy court during the Celsius collapse this year. Those were more private but God, they were simply heart wrenching. Peoples' life savings gone. That is the real story of this crypto bubble; it's awful and should be told more openly.


My client is just some wealthy person's kid. It was all play money to him. Still, it was nice to see him fail after believing he was so very smart the year before.
 
MinatoArisato013
2023-02-01 7:11:18 PM  

Ivo Shandor: He also donated to Republicans who vote like Republicans.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/30/ftx-billionaire-sam-bankman-fried-dark-money-republicans


Just listened to his Behind the Bastards episode. Really insightful to how easy it is to run a Ponzi on gullible dumbasses.

/like the assholes who bought into Madoff's bullshiat
//bank managers should have been jumping from roofs on that one
///"I did my due diligence"
 
austerity101
2023-02-01 7:11:30 PM  
Every single one of these threads:

Progressive:  "There's no difference between a Democrat who votes against progressive policies and a Republican who votes against progressive policies."
Moderate:  "Yes there is! At least the Democrat will vote for liberal judges."
P:  "I mean, sometimes, and sometimes they also vote for conservative ones. Why are Democrats voting against progressive policies at all?"
M:  "Because they're moderates! You can't expect them to support progressive policy!"
P:  "Wait, why not? It's not like they were moderate from birth. They choose to be like this. Deliberately."
M:  "Whatever. If you want progressives in office, vote them in."
P:  "We keep trying, but you moderates blackball them, tank their campaigns, or run spoiler candidates against them every time we try."
M:  "Pfff, no we don't."
P:  "... uhhh, yes, you absolutely do."
M:  "You're crazy. You don't know what you're talking about. Stop demanding ponies."
P:  "What the f*ck"
 
Palined Parenthood [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 7:12:01 PM  

Bith Set Me Up: MattytheMouse: Above all else, he donated to people with the intent of getting a seat at the table when it came time to regulate crypto. Like, this isn't a "Republican v. Democrat," thing, this is a "our system of governance is farked that we just allow people with monies interests to buy their way in," thing.

MattytheMouse: Like, framing this as "he donated to democrats/republicans" is the single dumbest way to frame this. It's sports team garbage that undermines the point that point that politicians are bought, and that's just normalized now.

QFT.

It isn't "red states vs. blue states", it's progress vs. capitalism.


Bernie lost! Get over it!
 
darwinpolice [BareFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 7:16:45 PM  

Wessoman: I know he's a smart guy on Twitter and he writes really insightful articles, but to me "Jeet Heer" sounds like a masturbation aid product.


It sounds like a Pittsburgh grandma asking if you're full before you leave her house.
 
scanman61
2023-02-01 7:17:58 PM  

Wine Sipping Elitist: Oh Fark has finally come up to speed on this? From what I read, he was bankrolled and funded by the democrats, or related to a couple of them or something and so he contributed to their funds.


Wow, you're stupid
 
LurkLongAndProsper
2023-02-01 7:19:00 PM  
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HI THERE. JEET HEER.
 
Anonymous Bosch
2023-02-01 7:28:55 PM  
I knew exactly who was going to be posting in this thread and how hard they would be pretending that money doesn't control their political party and claiming that their actual goal was never to simply thwart progress.
 
Karma Chameleon
2023-02-01 7:33:11 PM  
Democrats who vote like Republicans is like 90% redundant
 
NuclearPenguins [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 7:34:23 PM  

Karma Chameleon: Democrats who vote like Republicans is like 90% redundant


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