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John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

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Post by willis936 »

madememakeacct wrote: post #424
willis936 wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

An unstable personality that hates the US saying the US government would stage a suicide is much more likely to actually kill themselves than your regular run-of-the-mill evil billionaire with powerful enemies saying nothing about how they will die. I don't think Mcafee really thought things through enough to come to this conclusion.

"I'd never kill myself" is exactly what a suicidal person _would_ say.. Great post.

They even had it tattoo'd on their arm in a cringey fashion to show how down-to-Earth and committed to this plane of existence they were.

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Post by atlasunshrugged »

romanovcode wrote: post #441
Trias11 wrote: post #436

Earlier quoted context omitted.

US Citizenship in reality is an IRS trap. Now Biden wants to hire 87,000 more IRS workers to harass americans. This used to be a great country. Times long gone.

AFAIK U.S. is the only country that makes you pay tax even if you are tax resident of different country. Ironically it does not apply to corporations that fail to pay billions in tax.

Also Eritrea :) Jokes aside, there is a waiver if you are earning less than ~$150,000 as a single earner where you're not double taxed.

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Post by freddie_mercury »

G3rn0ti wrote: post #418

30 years for tax evasion? No wonder he preferred to die. I mean, you’ll get jail time for severe cases of tax evasion in Germany, too, but it’s a couple of years at max and most of the time it’s on probation. How do you justify your draconic punishments in the US which is supposed to be a free country?

Germany has more draconic laws than the US in this situation, so I'm not sure what you're talking about.

"Under German law, the maximum term for one count of aggravated tax evasion is 10 years. If an accused is convicted of more than one count, the court can increase the maximum to 15 years."

The US is 5 years for each count, half of Germany's.

Macafee was under accused of multiple crimes, which added up to the headline figure of 30 years.

If he had been German it would have 60 years for those same multiple crimes.

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Post by marton78 »

romanovcode wrote: post #441
Trias11 wrote: post #436

Earlier quoted context omitted.

US Citizenship in reality is an IRS trap. Now Biden wants to hire 87,000 more IRS workers to harass americans. This used to be a great country. Times long gone.

AFAIK U.S. is the only country that makes you pay tax even if you are tax resident of different country. Ironically it does not apply to corporations that fail to pay billions in tax.

Well, that military won't pay itself...

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Post by read_if_gay_ »

dragonwriter wrote: post #410
okamiueru wrote: post #22

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As cynical as it might seem, there is an alternative possibility: in spite of getting a tattoo saying he would not kill himself, and in spite of posting a tweet saying he would not kill himself, he went ahead and killed himself.

> As cynical as it might seem, there is an alternative possibility: in spite of getting a tattoo saying he would not kill himself, and in spite of posting a tweet saying he would not kill himself, he went ahead and killed himself In fact, if you have people who will believe you (either becuase of who you are or who your target is), and a beef against someone, and see a confluence of circumstances likely to lead to a…

That would have been a very long con since he has been tweeting things like this since 2019.

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Post by Trias11 »

romanovcode wrote: post #441
Trias11 wrote: post #436

Earlier quoted context omitted.

US Citizenship in reality is an IRS trap. Now Biden wants to hire 87,000 more IRS workers to harass americans. This used to be a great country. Times long gone.

AFAIK U.S. is the only country that makes you pay tax even if you are tax resident of different country. Ironically it does not apply to corporations that fail to pay billions in tax.

>> makes you pay tax even if you are tax resident of different country

It's not that someone is tax resident of different country.

The disgusting part of this IRS racket is that US forces people to pay taxes to US even if they no longer live there. Eritrea is the only another one like US in this aspect.

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Post by yashap »

Taek wrote: post #359
xadhominemx wrote: post #275

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He’s a murderer and fraudster. You do not in fact have to applaud him for anything.

You can celebrate someone's accomplishments without condoning their sins. I applaud lots of little pieces of his life and reject/regret many others.

I agree to a certain extent, but ... if the allegations are true, he murdered his neighbour, raped at least 1 woman, hired a small private army, and was possibly running drugs. For me, that dominates my picture of him, building an anti-virus company seems like a small detail in comparison.

We’ll never know for sure which of the allegations are true, but from what I’ve read/watched, my personal opinion is most seem pretty credible. If they are, I’d find it in poor taste to celebrate much about the man, given how much pain and suffering he’s likely caused.

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Post by bdamm »

Tenoke wrote: post #272
prvc wrote: post #242

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You're saying "likely" as a hedge, when in fact you are instead merely expressing an opinion, without any knowledge of the actual numerical likelihood of such an event having happened.

What numerical value? He either did it or didn't. Likely is an expression on the subjective probability based on the information they have.

What subjective probability is at play? None of us were there, or even in court. Maybe something very traumatic to Mr. McAfee happened that day. Would that inform some of his later recklessness?

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Post by AdamN »

maverick-iceman wrote: post #246

Any international criminal law expert here? Why can the US arrest everybody in Europe but the colony of fraudsters living in St.Kitts&Nevis (among them Paul Bilzerian) is untouchable?

Tax evasion (IRS) is much more serious than a securities crime (SEC). Also, he did go to jail for some time.

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Post by hourislate »

G3rn0ti wrote: post #418

30 years for tax evasion? No wonder he preferred to die. I mean, you’ll get jail time for severe cases of tax evasion in Germany, too, but it’s a couple of years at max and most of the time it’s on probation. How do you justify your draconic punishments in the US which is supposed to be a free country?

The US loves it jails and they love making examples out of people unless of course you're a corporation or a politician. Then you're allowed to evade taxes, insider trading, and anything else that is considered a death sentence for everyone else.
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