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GreenKnight127 10/18/25 5:12:31 PM #1: |
You know, those dudes who take a white canvas, paint it black, then draw a blue circle in the center of it.....and sell it for $200,000. I am fully convinced that all of it is just a smokescreen for more devious exchanges happening behind the scenes. People in positions of power who need to launder their money. Drugs. Human trafficking. Weapons. Bribes. Debts. Organized crime. You name it. Large quantities of money exchanging hands. Just say it's for "art" and avoid the authorities. What do you think? --- Different opinions: Insightful to the strong - Inciteful to the weak ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Muscles 10/18/25 5:53:31 PM #2: |
There is obviously some money laundering going on, but I don't think it's all of it --- Muscles Chicago Bears | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Bulls | Chicago Cubs | NIU Huskies ... Copied to Clipboard!
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SunWuKung420 10/18/25 6:37:59 PM #3: |
I think you're severely understating the pretentiousness of the art community. --- "I don't question our existence, I just question our modern needs" Pearl Jam - Garden My theme song - https://youtu.be/-PXIbVNfj3s ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ParanoidObsessive 10/18/25 6:57:24 PM #4: |
Money laundering? No. It's definitely a massive scam, though. Arbitrary pricing, critics who've been repeatedly proven to be completely full of shit, "artists" who are better at BS than art - the whole thing is basically a massive con. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Lokarin 10/18/25 7:17:12 PM #5: |
"just a"?, no. but yes --- "Salt cures Everything!" My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nirakolov/videos ... Copied to Clipboard!
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rjsilverthorn 10/18/25 9:57:49 PM #6: |
Modern art specifically, no, art in general has definitely become a huge money laundering front. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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fishy071 10/19/25 2:28:10 AM #7: |
It could be. Then again, almost everything has become a way to rob people. --- "You don't need a reason to help people." -Zidane Tribal of Final Fantasy IX ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Damn_Underscore 10/19/25 3:11:05 AM #8: |
Muscles posted... There is obviously some money laundering going on, but I don't think it's all of it True but I have no idea where to draw the line, so my answer is maybe --- Cause the best is yet to come ... Copied to Clipboard!
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VioletZer0 10/19/25 4:32:16 AM #9: |
We already know for a fact that a lot of art is used for money laundering. If nothing else the whole NFT thing was proof of that. But is all weird and unusual art used for money laundering? Absolutely not. Like people made a big deal about the banana taped to a wall thing but we are still talking about it in modern day. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DirtBasedSoap 10/19/25 4:53:27 AM #10: |
Some of it is probably? There are many people in this world are part of art scenes that are not laundering anything. --- im gay ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DirtBasedSoap 10/19/25 4:54:44 AM #11: |
https://youtu.be/X7nj8FXqZhY?si=VfKK6qsOpVuNyWfL --- im gay ... Copied to Clipboard!
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boomgetchopped3 10/19/25 5:46:51 AM #12: |
Im sure a good percentage of them are laundering transactions. Its an extremely low overhead, low effort way to launder money. And unlike laundering money through a store front, theres no way for authorities to say hey wait a minute this painting isnt worth that much. --- When your sig quotes a show you no longer like ... Copied to Clipboard!
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AltOmega2 10/19/25 5:28:26 PM #13: |
What about the AI art industry? --- yeah, I'm thinking I'm back ... Copied to Clipboard!
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GreenKnight127 10/22/25 4:53:35 PM #14: |
AltOmega2 posted... What about the AI art industry? Anyone who spends money on AI art, are either funding the company that developed the AI, or they're silly monkeymuffins. --- Different opinions: Insightful to the strong - Inciteful to the weak ... Copied to Clipboard!
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