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Overly libertarian crypto-bro vs AML regulations: EU edition (news.ycombinator.com)

submitted 11 months ago by corbin@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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Choice quote:

Actually I feel violated.

It's a KYC interview, not a police interrogation. I've always enjoyed KYC interviews; I get to talk about my business plans, or what I'm going to do with my loan, or how I ended up buying/selling stocks. It's hard to empathize with somebody who feels "violated" by small talk.

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[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 11 months ago (10 children)

sure but like everyone with any kind of retirement fund or whatever, or even government pension is complicit in unethical investment. Crypto is less than ideal for lots of reasons but imo the attention it gets (and weird criticism over stuff like water usage by people who drink softdrink and eat meat etc) is a symptom of it being new and primarily of interest to annoying dorks.

Capitalism makes bastards of us all, and you should defs try to do better, but people who like aren't even doing the bare minimum of plant based diets criticising crypto uniquely are just being inconsistent.

[–] mawhrin@awful.systems 2 points 10 months ago (7 children)

so, you're a pale vegan doing crypto and investing in ai because other people eat meat?

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 children)

lmao no I don't invest in crypto or shares. I'm broke as fuck. What part of bankrupt over treating depression is difficult to understand?

What part of both are awful but criticising one more than the other is stupid and lazy implies I'm doing either?

[–] mawhrin@awful.systems 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

bringing one in context of another, when they're not related at all. also, i distrust pale vegans (who almost never realise the impact of pale veganism on other places).

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Carnist seething lmao, you want to feel so good about yourself but you're just as happy as anyone else to make someone else die screaming if it brings you a moment of pleasure. But sure hey, at least you're not a tech bro. But then if you weren't incapable you probably would be, if you're unable to do something it's not virtuous not to.

[–] mawhrin@awful.systems 1 points 10 months ago

shrug i'm not a karnista, i'm not even a lawyer.

[–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

@naevaTheRat @mawhrin have you bumped your head?

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Carnists pretending they have any sense of right or wrong is hilarious

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 2 points 10 months ago

this isn't working out

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