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Nope, the French knew what to do at the end of the 1700s.

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[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 60 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Nope, he's lying again. This sort of hype disguised as thin-ass critique has been one of his main tactics for years. Not worth giving him even the benefit of the doubt on the headline

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Yep, they're constantly saying it's going to break the economy, because they're desperate for funds and FOMO is the only strategy that works.

They have no path to profitize it, and at this point they likely won't.

The only thing they can do is try to keep the FOMO up.

[–] manxu@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago

You have to admit he has perfected this particular type of marketing. "My product is bad for the world, but it can make you tons of money" is so incredibly appealing to sociopaths!!!