What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore?

VitoCorleone, 10 months ago

Organized religion.

Nothing comes even remotely close.

hitwright, 10 months ago

Intelectual property and patents. (Copying ideas and modifing them was always a part on how societies advances.)

Non disclosure agreements. (Allows company to monopolize on your knowledge and force you out of the industry altogether)

Lottery (a way to extract money from the poorest/dumbest members of the society)

TyrionsNose, 10 months ago

That we are not paid for our browsing data, app data, etc.

Wilshire, 10 months ago

Stores and restaurants increasing their base prices to promote discounts from data harvesting apps.

dobeltip, 10 months ago

Video game trailers

Crackhappy, 10 months ago

Credit cards and everything to do with the debt trap.

over_clox, 10 months ago

Sleeping. You have to pay for shelter…

Swaziboy, 10 months ago

Bank fees

christophski, 10 months ago

I see you have no money… I’m going to have to charge you for that

200ok, 10 months ago

They are exceptionally shitty for cash accounts since they are absolutely using the money for their own profit.

If everyone took out all their liquid cash, the bank would crash (see; recent events.)

MacroCyclo, 10 months ago

I don’t know if it is quite as simple as that. Most recently the bank failures were because those banks got upside down on bond holdings due to rate increases. If everyone chilled out and took their money out in appropriate time, then the bank would have had all the money. They just couldn’t get all the money immediately due to the duration of their bond holdings.

Karyoplasma, 10 months ago

My bank wanted my to pay to have an account. I asked why and the answer was some bullshit about having access to their expertise on growing wealth. I told them, I would be growing wealth more quickly if I didn’t have to pay monthly fees, canceled my account and took my money to a bank that doesn’t charge for a basic money dump account.

It’s ridiculous, banks make money by investing the trusted money of their customers. Why would I need to pay them in order to let them make money. They should pay me.

Pattern, 10 months ago

Credit unions are a much better option.