> These scammers are awful people and deserve to be attacked.
Some of them are being held prisoner and are being forced to run these scams under threat of torture. There was a Search Engine episode about this in the last year.
Some of them are being held prisoner and are being forced to run these scams under threat of torture. There was a Search Engine episode about this in the last year.
“https://www.npr.org/2024/08/08/nx-s1-5058798/how-criminal-sy...
Audio and transcript.
I won't link to it, because he seems to piss some of the folks, hereabouts, off.
John Oliver: Pig butchering scam.
I'm quite aware that not everyone is on the same page, and this just helps to indicate a basic respect for others that may not like him.
As you can see, that didn't actually work, as just the mention of his name, got a ding.
The stuff he says before the main story, tends to be quite political, but the main story, itself, is often apolitical.
"but the people growing the cotton were enslaved"
"the enslavers, generally known as cotton growers, were awful people"
Some might, but it's their choice to make, no yours.
However, my comment was meant to teach about the parsing and use of language and antecedent references, not commentary on the semantics of the real world.