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John McAfee dies in Spanish prison following extradition order to US
Agreed!!lkrupp said:
Oh god almighty, here we go already with the conspiracy theorist wackos. McAfee isn’t dead. He faked his death and is now living on some island with Elvis, Hitler, and Tupac.TheGadgetGuy said:
You completely missed the point. He didn’t want to be extradited. He might have paid someone or many people to fake his death to avoid extradition.jdw said:
No doubt they have the same conversations at every Coroner's office...TheGadgetGuy said:Is he REALLY dead? He had a lot of money….
Q: Is this guy REALLY dead?
A: Yes. He didn't have much money.
What you’re expressing here is how I feel about your posts when you act like Apple is being persecuted, or like there’s a virtual collective of anti-Apple “haters” who only critique Apple as an irrational & egotistical attack. It comes off as a conspiracy theorist’s response.
This is not an attack, by the way. I’m trying to draw a parallel for you. I like some of your viewpoints because they’re sensible or ethical, but the anti-“haters” thing seems a frequent knee-jerk, out of proportion response to people making legit criticism of Apple. Sometimes you leap to Apple’s defense when no one has even criticized them.
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John McAfee dies in Spanish prison following extradition order to US
1st point: I’m not seeing how you think Marvin is stating your quoted text.auxio said:
Their argument against that viewpoint is that governments are more corrupt than private companies. Which, like all blanket oversimplification statements, can be true in some situations and false in others. My argument is that a lot of government corruption comes directly from those private interests trying to gain an upper hand/competitive advantage (e.g. lobbying and party sponsorship). So, in essence, you're saying: "The government is corrupt, so don't pay taxes and instead allow the money to go to private interests which are often the source of that corruption".Marvin said:
Being greedy is not paying taxes, which goes to support people worse off, supporting right-wing interests against the environment, against inclusion, promoting greed and self-interest. This seems to be lost on libertarians who think that looking after themselves ahead of everyone else means a better world for everyone and who would rather give up their life than give up any of their possessions.
Wasn't MacAfee accused at one point of actually creating some of the viruses that the software he was selling was protecting against? I seem to remember hearing that in the mid 90s.
2nd point: Antivirus companies have long been a target of conspiracy theories that they create viruses to further justify the need for their products.
I think it’s not entirely unreasonable to imagine such conspiracy (the US’s so-called healthcare system does seem to act from the angle of charging people for drugs and perpetual treatment, rather than investing in preventative process and actual cures)...
...but it’s probably more likely that there are enough cheating assholes out there who make malware for their own selfish interests (in efforts to make quick cash) that antivirus companies don’t need to lift a finger to continue this cycle. The religion of capitalism, and toxic cultures encouraging human greed, do enough to perpetuate malware. -
John McAfee dies in Spanish prison following extradition order to US
And why would you assume one moderator’s opinion is automatically the opinion of the whole of AI staff? That’s absolutist. People aren’t usually monolithic inside organizations.22july2013 said:
This is the first time I've noticed a moderator expressing political views. Is this the view of all AI staff?Marvin said:Being greedy is not paying taxes, which goes to support people worse off, supporting right-wing interests against the environment, against inclusion, promoting greed and self-interest. This seems to be lost on libertarians who think that looking after themselves ahead of everyone else means a better world for everyone and who would rather give up their life than give up any of their possessions.
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John McAfee dies in Spanish prison following extradition order to US
This person is a moderator making commentary alongside the rest of us. What are you going to do if the response is “yes”? Leave the site in a rage that they dared expressing a position on ethics and how they intersect with political ideologies?22july2013 said:
This is the first time I've noticed a moderator expressing political views. Is this the view of all AI staff?Marvin said:Being greedy is not paying taxes, which goes to support people worse off, supporting right-wing interests against the environment, against inclusion, promoting greed and self-interest. This seems to be lost on libertarians who think that looking after themselves ahead of everyone else means a better world for everyone and who would rather give up their life than give up any of their possessions.
Politics is everywhere. Trying to opt out is self-blindness.
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John McAfee dies in Spanish prison following extradition order to US
Thank you for this post. This is one of the best things that could’ve been posted in this thread. Thanks for the sharing of his tweets and your commentary. I feel some compassion for this messed-up guy as a result, and that’s how I prefer to feel about my fellow humans. It gets so hard, sometimes.Marvin said:
From his messages on twitter it sounded more like prison wasn't how he wanted to spend the rest of his life and he probably wanted to leave an anti-government sentiment behind:petri said:
Did he “call it” or was he cornered, suffering paranoid delusions and reacting publicly to his own private thoughts of suicide? Governments don’t kill people for tax evasion.patchythepirate said:FWIW, he came out with a social media post late last year (edit: maybe in 2019 actually) showing a tattoo spelled “whackd”, I think, and warning ppl that he would never commit suicide, so if he mysteriously died of suicide, it wasn’t him. Pretty strange stuff. To his credit, he seemed to have called it. Makes me more curious about whatever he was getting into. I didn’t follow him so I’m not really sure.
https://twitter.com/officialmcafee
It's an interesting twitter feed to read through, there are some insightful messages. He was strongly opposed to paying income taxes and refused to file his returns:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9718647/The-tax-evasion-securities-fraud-charges-against-John-McAfee-killed-himself.html
He invested in cryptocurrency to avoid taxes and likely has millions in crypto somewhere. There's something strange about libertarian types who would rather go to prison and ultimately die than pay taxes. In his tweets, he even criticized the super-rich from gaining so much wealth during the pandemic while the poorer classes suffered.
Being greedy is not paying taxes, which goes to support people worse off, supporting right-wing interests against the environment, against inclusion, promoting greed and self-interest. This seems to be lost on libertarians who think that looking after themselves ahead of everyone else means a better world for everyone and who would rather give up their life than give up any of their possessions.
