Jake Thacker
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My thoughts now are almost worse than they were before in the sense of everyone painted him as this mastermind villain. I don't see that now. I see it as a spoiled kid who had parents that were able to guide him he went to you know prestigious institutions that enabled him access to the likes of peter thiel and other investors that would fund him for all
My thoughts now are almost worse than they were before in the sense of everyone painted him as this mastermind villain. I don't see that now. I see it as a spoiled kid who had parents that were able to guide him he went to you know prestigious institutions that enabled him access to the likes of peter thiel and other investors that would fund him for all
My thoughts now are almost worse than they were before in the sense of everyone painted him as this mastermind villain. I don't see that now. I see it as a spoiled kid who had parents that were able to guide him he went to you know prestigious institutions that enabled him access to the likes of peter thiel and other investors that would fund him for all
Intents and purposes, he had no interest in crypto before starting FTX. If you go back and look at his tenure at MIT, like he didn't ever prophesize like, I'm going to build the next crypto exchange. Now he prophesized some of his other philosophical ambitions and that kind of thing, but it wasn't necessarily crypto platform, right?
Intents and purposes, he had no interest in crypto before starting FTX. If you go back and look at his tenure at MIT, like he didn't ever prophesize like, I'm going to build the next crypto exchange. Now he prophesized some of his other philosophical ambitions and that kind of thing, but it wasn't necessarily crypto platform, right?
Intents and purposes, he had no interest in crypto before starting FTX. If you go back and look at his tenure at MIT, like he didn't ever prophesize like, I'm going to build the next crypto exchange. Now he prophesized some of his other philosophical ambitions and that kind of thing, but it wasn't necessarily crypto platform, right?
It was some iteration of freeness and community, but it wasn't necessarily that. So I see him as a privileged person. white male, like myself, able to build and get incredible access to initial funds to scale and perpetrate something that he personally wanted to do. Whatever that is, and I kind of alluded to what my theory is, that's the big unknown.
It was some iteration of freeness and community, but it wasn't necessarily that. So I see him as a privileged person. white male, like myself, able to build and get incredible access to initial funds to scale and perpetrate something that he personally wanted to do. Whatever that is, and I kind of alluded to what my theory is, that's the big unknown.
It was some iteration of freeness and community, but it wasn't necessarily that. So I see him as a privileged person. white male, like myself, able to build and get incredible access to initial funds to scale and perpetrate something that he personally wanted to do. Whatever that is, and I kind of alluded to what my theory is, that's the big unknown.
But he didn't start this for the betterment of mankind or people kind. He was selfish. He had an agenda, what that agenda is. Hard to say. I mean, obviously there was some legitimacy at the beginning. There was an intention to do this. It wasn't a Ponzi scheme. It wasn't a scam. It wasn't, you know, I'm going to pull the rug out from you at the very last moment.
But he didn't start this for the betterment of mankind or people kind. He was selfish. He had an agenda, what that agenda is. Hard to say. I mean, obviously there was some legitimacy at the beginning. There was an intention to do this. It wasn't a Ponzi scheme. It wasn't a scam. It wasn't, you know, I'm going to pull the rug out from you at the very last moment.
But he didn't start this for the betterment of mankind or people kind. He was selfish. He had an agenda, what that agenda is. Hard to say. I mean, obviously there was some legitimacy at the beginning. There was an intention to do this. It wasn't a Ponzi scheme. It wasn't a scam. It wasn't, you know, I'm going to pull the rug out from you at the very last moment.
There was the intent to provide for the most part. But I think that he deserves every minute in jail, sitting in his cell with P. Diddy and the likes. They're good riddance. They deserve each other.
There was the intent to provide for the most part. But I think that he deserves every minute in jail, sitting in his cell with P. Diddy and the likes. They're good riddance. They deserve each other.
There was the intent to provide for the most part. But I think that he deserves every minute in jail, sitting in his cell with P. Diddy and the likes. They're good riddance. They deserve each other.
I probably wouldn't say much. I have not a lot of words for someone like that, but I would say that regardless of whatever restitution he has to pay back, whatever time he has to do to make good on his crime and that kind of thing, I hope he's haunted by the fact of The detriment to people, right?
I probably wouldn't say much. I have not a lot of words for someone like that, but I would say that regardless of whatever restitution he has to pay back, whatever time he has to do to make good on his crime and that kind of thing, I hope he's haunted by the fact of The detriment to people, right?
I probably wouldn't say much. I have not a lot of words for someone like that, but I would say that regardless of whatever restitution he has to pay back, whatever time he has to do to make good on his crime and that kind of thing, I hope he's haunted by the fact of The detriment to people, right?
The hundreds of thousands, 400 plus thousand users on the platform that were affected by this, not the big investors. I'm talking about people that had their life savings of 50,000 K or less, or, you complete and utter enveloped into the platform, just destroyed, right? Lives completely destroyed. I mean, my situation is not perfect, but
The hundreds of thousands, 400 plus thousand users on the platform that were affected by this, not the big investors. I'm talking about people that had their life savings of 50,000 K or less, or, you complete and utter enveloped into the platform, just destroyed, right? Lives completely destroyed. I mean, my situation is not perfect, but