how is it a rug pull? if it's an inside job, doesn't that just make it theft?

What's the difference to you between a rug pull and theft?

	▲	antonvs an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		A rug pull involves convincing someone to buy something first. Theft doesn’t have to involve any convincing. This is a pretty basic distinction. Perhaps you were thinking of “fraud”?
	▲	bagels an hour ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		A few extra steps. Usually, the rug pull doesn't involve directly taking something that belongs to other people, but instead, selling your own thing in a dishonest way.
	▲	s1artibartfast 32 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		A rug pull means you hype and then sell on the open market without.