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1. It must've been a cinch - in a system with few regulations, and even fewer ones enforced

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 03:10 PM

Oct 2023

All the more so - in a what's basically become a lottery ticket culture.

Not that that's all bad - wishful thinking, after all, has been known to lead to wishes come true.

But when people become so unmoored...the Bankman-Frauds of the world are always more than ready to step in, and pick your pocket.

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It must've been a cinch - in a system with few regulations, and even fewer ones enforced peppertree Oct 2023 #1