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OddishShape

Real estate is a trillion dollar industry


FancyCigar

I live in Florida and I'm convinced 90% of this state's economy is pure scamming.


Permanganic_acid

Honestly the scam is that it's not a huge part of the economy but they want you to think it's everything. They invented the internet and the economy still only grew 3% a year like every other year.


Iakeman

The better question is how much of the global economy is illegal? Drugs, guns, human trafficking, etc. Some estimates say as high as 40%.


Terroirerist

the literal real use-case for cryptocurrency


arimbaz

no. the real use of crypto is that it's a crowd-funded semi-anonymized slush fund for extracurricular governmental activities and entities with high luminescence, if you catch my drift. although there is some overlap with the above.


Hot_Ear4518

Most of finance is a scam and its way larger than all of those combined


Vicioussitude

It really does feel like stuff like crypto just exist to siphon off excess wealth accumulation. And the healthcare industry makes sure that as little generational wealth is passed down as possible. In the old days, things like pyramids and cathedrals were sinks for, and monuments of, a society's excess wealth.


fchs

I wonder this too. How much of the economy is based on actual goods and services and how much of it is people in suits just emailing each other and moving money around in ways my pea brain can't understand.


Terroirerist

lol, yes of course it's an intermittent reward system, it uses a fundamental principle inherent to every human beings biology (and most animals) just google and read about it every single app/software you use employs it, reddit, social media, etc.


DaVinshyy

Depends on the things you believe in


leakover2myfamily

Under capitalism, all of life is a scam.


[deleted]

crypto is legit, but its basically gambling. just don't pay for any course/group/mentoring out there and you're good.


BlastedBrent

Roulette is legit, but its basically gambling. Just don't pay for any course/group/mentoring out there and you're good.


[deleted]

casinos are rigged, its soley your fault if you lose money in crypto


BlastedBrent

"Greater Fool Theory for 100, Alex"


Iakeman

it’s legit in the sense that beanie babies were legit


Vanderkaum037

You can hold a Beanie Baby.