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Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by cestith » Thu, Oct 23, 2025, 9:02 PM UTC

moralestapia wrote: post #161

therein wrote: post #130

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SBF, maybe. Elizabeth Holmes, no chance.

No chance SBF ever goes out (until he's done with his sentence). Two huge factors against him: * Most people don't even know who CZ is, so this is meh-tier. People know SBF and find him repulsive, literally. Whoever puts SBF out of jail will face a massive PR backslash, he's not important enough to be worth that. * SBF stole from the rich, the only real crime in the US. Very few times you see someone who is equally h…

What are the odds Shkreli gets a pardon so he can be an officer of a publicly traded company again?

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by dylan604 » Thu, Oct 23, 2025, 9:02 PM UTC

Alifatisk wrote: post #188

I cannot comprehend how half of Americans are fine with this corrupt leader? He even does this bizarre maffia like deals out in the open for his own interest, that's how confident he is no one will say anything The message is clear from his circus administration, you can do anything as long as you bribe them

Most polls that I've seen show it closer to 40% than half

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Oct 23, 2025, 9:02 PM UTC

froggertoaster wrote: post #230

Alifatisk wrote: post #188

I cannot comprehend how half of Americans are fine with this corrupt leader? He even does this bizarre maffia like deals out in the open for his own interest, that's how confident he is no one will say anything The message is clear from his circus administration, you can do anything as long as you bribe them

Hi, Trump voter here. I'm NOT fine with this.

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Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by TheBlight » Thu, Oct 23, 2025, 9:02 PM UTC

j2kun wrote: post #231

TheBlight wrote: post #165

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There's an argument the prosecution was political. See: https://x.com/balajis/status/1981423831572238856

balajis is personally invested in propping up the ecosystem.

How does pardoning CZ "prop up the ecosystem"?

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Post by xpe » Thu, Oct 23, 2025, 9:02 PM UTC

TheBlight wrote: post #205

tripplyons wrote: post #151

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The pardoning of all of over 1000 people involved in January 6th is a good example of this.

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> What about pardoning 8,000 people by autopen?

Is there more to this comment than whataboutism? The core concern raised in this part of the thread is Trump's outsized corruption:

> It's all transactional. Do something Trump likes, he'll help you, laws, morals, and ethics be damned.

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by ilikecakeandpie » Thu, Oct 23, 2025, 9:02 PM UTC

Alifatisk wrote: post #188

I cannot comprehend how half of Americans are fine with this corrupt leader? He even does this bizarre maffia like deals out in the open for his own interest, that's how confident he is no one will say anything The message is clear from his circus administration, you can do anything as long as you bribe them

It's not half. I think close to 32% were fully supportive (voted for him) and around 36% sat at home or abstained, but in practicality they basically said they were fine with whoever won.

I don't know which is worse, that 32% were in support of the corrupt leader or that 68% in total are either supported him or didn't care enough to support anyone else

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by RandallBrown » Thu, Oct 23, 2025, 9:02 PM UTC

leptons wrote: post #251

coliveira wrote: post #232

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Americans cannot accept they have a corrupt government lead by a corrupt politician who is now corrupting the justice system. They prefer to continue propagating the myth of a "healthy democracy" and "open market".

I personally do not know any Americans that are as you described. 1/3 of Americans are as you describe, 1/3 are definitely not at all as you described, and another 1/3 is too apathetic to care about anything. The recent "No Kings" protests were the largest in US history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_protests_and_demonstra...

> 1/3 is too apathetic to care about anything

I think at least some of that 1/3 has their own problems that prevent them from being able to devote energy to politics

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by coliveira » Thu, Oct 23, 2025, 9:03 PM UTC

daveguy wrote: post #222

bityard wrote: post #207

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Well, to be fair, 7 million showed up in the streets on Saturday. Up from 5 million before and up from 3 million before that. The last election was decided by 2.3 million votes. Edit1: That's not to say don't worry about it. That's to say everyone can show their displeasure with peaceful protest and involvement/activism that will make it clear the people of the US disagree with this corruption. No matter how much any…

From the 7 millions that did show up, very close to zero of them will be deciding the next election due to the way the election system works in the US.

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by sleepybrett » Thu, Oct 23, 2025, 9:03 PM UTC

electriclove wrote: post #159

sleepybrett wrote: post #125

If we ever get trump out of office we need to re-arrest every last one of these guys. The supremes can whine and cry as we keep them in prison. They can raise an army if the want anything different. Serious controls need to be placed around the pardon power.

Just the ones that Trump pardoned right?

there are good pardons out there. People who were rotting in prison for small amounts of drugs, etc.

.. but if you are trying to imply hunter biden, then fuck yeah I don't fucking care, put him in prison if that's what it takes.

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by greenpizza13 » Thu, Oct 23, 2025, 9:03 PM UTC

froggertoaster wrote: post #230

Alifatisk wrote: post #188

I cannot comprehend how half of Americans are fine with this corrupt leader? He even does this bizarre maffia like deals out in the open for his own interest, that's how confident he is no one will say anything The message is clear from his circus administration, you can do anything as long as you bribe them

Hi, Trump voter here. I'm NOT fine with this.

Well, you voted for it. Were you not capable of critical thought when you entered the voting booth?