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American Greed. I can't stop watching it on my YouTube TV DVR. I swear I'm not an old lady but I do enjoy true crime.
The key takeaway for me is that unbridled greed makes people incredibly stupid–I know this is an obvious statement, but seriously: even dumber than you can imagine. One would expect a degree of sophistication amongst con men/women, but there are countless examples of obvious fraud where people straight up steal from "clients" (marks) in ways that clearly would attract the attention of regulators and associates, and then spend the money on things that can't be recovered (luxury items that depreciate, or drugs, or gambling, or hookers, or all of the above) such that they can't come close to making things right when they are inevitably busted.
There was one dude who got busted ripping off his neighbors in a straight-up grift (not even a Ponzi scheme) and while he was out on bail on multiple federal charges was spending their money lavishly right in front of them in defiance of the court's order to preserve what assets he had left (this netted him two more years in jail). I'm surprised more of these tales don't end with the perpetrators getting killed by the marks.
They'll victimize people who are vulnerable more often than they do the wealthy, and I can't help but get pissed off by some of these stories of people who live high on the hog by simply stealing working class folks' retirements that they have made lifelong compromises to accrue. Sometimes they'll hurt two sides, when, say, a charity to whom they've donated someone else's money has to return the funds, while the mark gets pennies on the dollar back, screwing up their retirement, and in some cases, costing them their damn house. There were even a coupe of people who killed themselves in shame for having fallen for a scam. Absolutely perverse.
Love Stacey Keach as narrator as well.
Unfortunately, we have plenty of people in the world who have figured out ways to do this legally, which is even more infuriating.
Anyway, sorry for the rant, but clearly the show has captivated me: back to your regularly scheduled programming...
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@madmonday thanks for the heads up about “Homecoming King.” Watched iit today and it was great. Very funny, sincere and moving at the same time. A gem
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just finished Goliath (both seasons) on Prime. its good.
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Just finished this.
Highly recommend.
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new season of Ozark is out, anybody jump in yet
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@madmonday it’s in the queue now. Just started jack Ryan last night on prime. Will start Ozark tomorrow. When I saw the release I thought of you. Hope you’re wel man
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better than season 1 by leaps and bounds
all is wonderful @Matty123 thanks for asking
how was jack Ryan?
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@madmonday Anytime man. Glad to hear all is good. Looking forward to ozark.
Jack Ryan is really good so far. But I’m biased probably. I’ve been a Tom Clancy fan since I was a teenager and i like everything his name is attached to. I’m also a spy junky, But I do think it’s great so far. 3 episodes in.
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"Sneaky Pete" on Amazon-looks promising after watching first episode
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Just started watching 1st season of Sneaky Pete last weekend. I’m diggin it so far.
Ink Master started last week too.
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Read all the Clancy books. You liking the Jack Ryan series Matty?
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^ agreed. It’s ok. I’m a little disappointed with it. But I’ll watch it.
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Read all the Clancy books. You liking the Jack Ryan series Matty?
Yeah I enjoy them. Some of the authors are better than others. They aren’t nearly as good as the original Clancy books. He was special. But I do like that the series lives on.
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It’s worth a watch. Hard to get into detail of gadgetry on TV. That’s the beauty of books and the written word
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