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▲ cj an hour ago

If the goal is to profit off of bombing other countries, why do you need Kalshi?

If you have advance knowledge of an attack, there are much less conspicuous ways to profit off that.

▲cdrnsf 35 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Nothing this administration does is subtle, inconspicuous or thought out.

▲ceejayoz 41 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> there are much less conspicuous ways to profit

What about this administration makes you think that's important to them?

▲mahboi an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What's the less conspicuous way? Oil futures are more conspicuous. Though I'll bet he's doing that for someone less directly connected.

▲TrackerFF 32 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

These people are seasoned grifters. They don't look for one big winning ticket, but rather multiple streams. A million here, a million there, pretty soon you're talking real money. For your rank-and-file workers that's serious.

▲jayd16 39 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"can't be brazen corruption because it's too obviously brazen corruption"

▲paxy 6 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Like what?

▲whateveracct an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's just another avenue for grift. In corrupt governments, the people up top ration out minor grifts to subordinates to keep them loyal.

▲freejazz an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Who cares about being conspicuous anymore? The president openly takes crypto bribes...