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		causi on Sept 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Binance is under threat You see far too much of this attitude on HN with regards to a number of idiotic business plans.

rsynnott on Sept 26, 2023 [–]

Yeah, HN is _big_ into the “rich people are magic” thing. Maybe a bit blunted at the moment, with FTX, and, er, Twitter, but it goes _deep_.

weevil on Sept 27, 2023 | [–]

I've noticed this too, including the increasingly indefensible position that billionaires are somehow inate geniuses and will solve all our problems.

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