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		achenet on Dec 1, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FTX’s collapse was a crime, not an accident Ignorance of the law is not an excuse. The argument "I'm sorry, I didn't know rape/murder was illegal" does not have _any_ value in a court of law.

usrusr on Dec 1, 2022 [–]

It's not, but for people desperately hoping for crypto to recover, "your savings disappeared because of that crypto-bro's you trusted ignorance" is a less bad spin than "your savings disappeared because of that crypto-bro's you trusted malice"

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