The Story of a Generation in Seven Scams - Part 2
In a provocative essay, Jia Tolentino argues that in the past ten years scamming - the abuse of trust for profit - has become 鈥榮imply the way things were going to be鈥�.
A provocative and controversial essay which argues that scamming is the 鈥榙efinitive millennial ethos鈥�. Jia argues that in the past ten years scamming - the abuse of trust for profit - has become 鈥榮imply the way things were going to be鈥�. And she identifies seven modern types of scam: The Financial Crash, The Student Debt Disaster, The Social Media Scam, The Girlbosses, The Really Obvious Ones, The Disruptors and the most recent US election.
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