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MAGAs Are Fuming After Email Confirms They Will Never Get Their $500 Trump Phones or Deposits Back (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
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600,000 people sent in $100 deposits for this thingβ€”!😧 (Dumbass is laughing all the way to the bank. )

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[–] Plaid_Kaleidoscope@lemmy.world 32 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Some days I wish I could just put my morals/ethics aside. One good grift and I could be rolling in MAGA money till the day I die.

It's unfortunate I'm unwilling to compromise myself and forgo peaceful sleep for the rest of my life.

[–] Colonel_Panic_@eviltoast.org 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Right!? I've had that same thought for decades. I COULD do the Republican Grift thing and get donations or take prepayment for some random item, but stupid me went and grew a brain and empathy and now I don't want to harm people or take advantage of them for selfish gains. Yay for that I guess.

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I don't have those problems, I just never seem to be the first to come up with the idea. Like the guy who did the 'build the wall' scam. Gotta respect that.

[–] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

You don't really need to be first every time! You can just copy someone that is having some success and share some of that moron money with them.

[–] matte0@programming.dev 3 points 8 hours ago

They are the same people supporting discrimination, bans on abortion and the kidnapping of migrants in the usa. I would argue it's not immoral to scam them, but I could be wrong