some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agoTruth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scamsgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square147fedilinkarrow-up1883arrow-down113file-textcross-posted to: technik@feddit.orgpolitics@sh.itjust.worksaiop@lemmy.worldshowerthoughts@lemmy.world
arrow-up1870arrow-down1external-linkTruth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scamsgizmodo.comsome_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square147fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technik@feddit.orgpolitics@sh.itjust.worksaiop@lemmy.worldshowerthoughts@lemmy.world
minus-squareTheLowestStone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down2·3 months agoThink of it this way: the scammers could be targeting a less shitty group of people instead.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·3 months agoAlso, the scammers, despite who they are scamming, are still probably ideologically aligned with Trump. They just know they can cheat the ones they understand most easily.
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 months agoMore likely they’re aligned with the same ideology that Trump is: self enrichment at the expense of everyone else. They probably only see Trump as a useful concentration point for easy targets.
Think of it this way: the scammers could be targeting a less shitty group of people instead.
Actually, that helps.
Also, the scammers, despite who they are scamming, are still probably ideologically aligned with Trump. They just know they can cheat the ones they understand most easily.
More likely they’re aligned with the same ideology that Trump is: self enrichment at the expense of everyone else.
They probably only see Trump as a useful concentration point for easy targets.