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[-] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 64 points 5 days ago

But if he doesn't win then how will he pay all those people? I don't think this person understands how gambling works.

[-] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 46 points 5 days ago

true gambling heads know that they're due for a win and this time, they can't lose.

[-] Rom@hexbear.net 19 points 5 days ago

99% of gamblers quit just before they win big

[-] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 45 points 5 days ago

Shut down the LLC and disappear

[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 32 points 5 days ago

The derivatives worth nothing is their payment.

[-] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 30 points 5 days ago

In this scenario, you're not a worker, you're a start-up. Sure, 90% of all start-ups fail, but the potential reward for succeeding is worth the risk.

[-] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 17 points 5 days ago

What, you don't want to work for the potential 'promise' of money instead of actual money?

[-] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 55 points 5 days ago

anakin-padme-2 He chose the name TulipKing ironically, right?

[-] someone@hexbear.net 54 points 5 days ago

If humanity survives the incoming climate change apocalypse, distant-future "Introduction to the History of the American Empire" university classes are going to need prerequisite classes on a whole ridiculous range of financial topics. The tone of those classes will be a mix of amusement and incredulity, like current science history classes where they talk about phlogiston, the ether, and calorific media.

[-] XxFemboy_Stalin_420_69xX@hexbear.net 36 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

the great ponzischemeification has reached electoral politics

[-] daniyeg@hexbear.net 30 points 5 days ago

creating incentives don't work like that lmao

[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 17 points 5 days ago

saul-your-honor So here's the plan. Buy up a shit ton of ads and hire thousands on credit. Then when we win we can pay them all off with plenty to pocket ourselves! What could go wrong?

[-] daniyeg@hexbear.net 13 points 5 days ago

it can literally not go tits up. it's foolproof. risk management? who's that?

[-] mermella@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago

My tits are so jacked I’m scared to look down

[-] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 16 points 5 days ago

Is that not how venture capital works? I thought that was the premise of the entire US economy.

[-] daniyeg@hexbear.net 11 points 5 days ago

for investors sure but for the workers the stock options and stuff like that are a bonus on top of salary. i don't think even cryptobro programmers would work based on a token that only pays out 6 months later with a 5% chance.

[-] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I guess I was thinking that every business is basically a gambit where you take on as much debt as possible to trebuchet yourself into profitability hoping that an established company buys your out. If you have money to pay people it's by virtue of the debt-buyout cycle. Then you get wealthy by virtue of 6/10 of your dogshit ideas succeeding while 1 of them goes parabolic. Before that it's basically hard gambling on one idea surviving the chaos of business ownership.

[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 28 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Says Law attitude. Thinking supply creates it's own demand. In reality the bet would barely have any liquidity, the person won't be able to buy the contracts at the price they imagine.

[-] sodium_nitride@hexbear.net 27 points 5 days ago

American regime politician proposes paying their workers in gambling tokens.

[-] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 28 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

This is so unimaginative they are just parroting what crypto bros have been proposing decades ago. And the corruption in the previous election far exceeded this.

The biggest winner from crypto betting in the US was some random french guy.

There is not need to jump through all those hoops to pay off politicians in the US.

[-] axont@hexbear.net 20 points 5 days ago

Isn't this just literal bribery

[-] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago

Political campaigns hire people to work for them all the time. The difference here is there is you're paying less because you're gambling, so you're paying them with monopoly money.

[-] godlessworm@hexbear.net 19 points 5 days ago

bro we need gulags yesterday wtf am i even reading? who would think this is an idea worth putting out in the world

[-] Saapas@piefed.zip 23 points 5 days ago

Dude invented paying for votes. Amusing but that's gotta be illegal everywhere

[-] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

"Paying someone to get me elected" is just a political campaign hiring a campaign manager and staff. I don't think that counts as bribery, but it is paying them in monopoly money, aka shares in a long bet that will never pay out.

Yes, this creates an incentive for them to vote for you, but those 20 votes aren't going to win you the election. A similar incentive exists if you are hired by any political campaign; if they win you maybe get a job in their staff.

They're not paying for 20 votes, they're "paying" 20 people to work for them.

[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 16 points 5 days ago
[-] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 19 points 5 days ago

Tulip king selfawarewolf

[-] BigWeed@hexbear.net 15 points 5 days ago

The odds of me getting lou gehrigs disease in the next year is 0.01% which I have a YES position on.

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