I don't think that's in evidence. Institutionalized and ideologically-driven apathy towards the fraud, sure, but that's not uncommon (see: the defense industry; the finance industry).
replyA distinction without a difference imo. I think most people rightfully surmise the defense and financial industries are rife with, if not outright fraud, at least waste and abuse. We could use better language perhaps.
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reply>cryptoracist
replyHe hates cryptographers?
The man has nothing nice to say about Bigfoot.
replyThe alternative explanation that he is against cryptocurrency actually is true.
replySeems to be a bad use of "racist".
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So it's a made up term from people who want to discredit people they don't like by calling them "secret racist" without having any proof.
replyI should warn you that the user you are replying to is a crypto-paedophile. Be careful. There is no evidence to describe how he might retaliate.
replyAll terms are made up by humans
replyYeah but calling someone a racist is a serious accusation, you better bring receipts or be liable for defamation. Calling them a "secret racist" instead isn't the workaround that absolves you from this.
reply> Yeah but calling someone a racist is a serious accusation, you better bring receipts or be liable for defamation
replyThere are a large number of countries with their own systems of law, and its possible that in one of them calling someone a racist might be subject to defamation law, but in most I am aware of that's going to be a problem because its not even a well-enough-defined fact claim to be legally true or false.
You cannot in fact be made liable for defamation for calling someone a racist.
reply(Patrick, a close friend I have known for many years, is not a racist.)
Crypto[insult] is just a shorthand for saying "I don't actually have evidence to support my accusation."
replyNo, it’s a term for a particular brand of racism -
replyLike complimenting someone for being ‘articulate,’ or ‘one of the good ones.’ Sounds innocent enough, until you understand the racist underpinnings.
See above, where it is being used as an insult without any evidence to back it up. This is the most common usage, and usage defines the true meaning of the word.
replyIts hilarious how short human memory is. To me Minnesota just seems like a replay of Tammany Hall in NYC
replyThen I think you need to read more about Tammany Hall, because it was not simply a widespread pattern of fraud in social services.
replyThere was few social services at the time. It was a patronage system. Different rewards but buying votes all the same. My point is that patronage is a long storied American tradition so I don’t know why people are al shocked that such schemes are still ongoing. Republican and anti castro cubans is or was a similar patronage system.
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