3 Perfectly Acceptable Modern-Day Scams We Have Mistakenly Fallen For
Some scams have existed for decades, and we accept them. Consider credit card interest rates, resort fees, timeshares, the lottery/gambling, and overpriced food and drink at movie theaters or cultural events. However, some new scams are growing massively and must be called out.
Unfortunately, we don’t have a choice but to fall victim to certain scams. Take the tax code, for example. While the tax code is written unfairly to benefit the richest, it’s not like ordinary people can opt out and say, “I’m not falling for this scam.” Another scam is inflation. We can’t start using gold or Bitcoin to buy groceries just because some central banker decides to print obscene amounts of money and hand it over to their friends.
Then, there are other scams where we have some decision-making ability but only a little. For example, streaming services now include commercials because the corporations behind them need higher profits and aren’t trying to bring more value to the customer. Politics is another scam where we have some decision-making ability, but it’s like going to a restaurant and choosing between the shit sandwich or the…
