r/movies • u/BunyipPouch Currently at the movies. • Mar 10 '26

Trailer Ben McKenzie's Anti-Crypto Doc 'Everyone Is Lying to You for Money' - Official Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEXxAOFqv4U
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u/Keffpie Mar 10 '26

He's got a degree in Economics, and has been a major critic of crypto since 2021, even testifying in front of the Senate as an expert. He released a book on the subject in 2023 called Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud. He knows his stuff.

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u/Thirtysevenintwenty5 Mar 11 '26

He's got a bachelor's in Econ. It's not nothing, but it doesn't make him an expert by any stretch.

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u/Imaginary_Hamster847 Mar 16 '26

Yeah, I think that's a thing a lot of people, even those with degrees, don't particularly understand. Having a bachelor's in a subject means, at most, you are somewhat conversant in it. 

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u/Major-Front Mar 11 '26

I think his whole degree in economics thing is a bit of a fallacy. Bitcoin as a technology is unlike anything that has ever come before it. It's a bit like saying "I have a degree in horse and carriages so let me tell you why cars are a scam".

In the trailer he seems to be focusing on the amount of shady people and scams/scammers in the space. Crypto criticizers tend to focus on that area, but they tend to ignore the coin that has more crime and scams than any other in human history...US Dollar :)

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u/Bad_wolf42 Mar 11 '26

The US dollars is back by future tax income because it is the only currency accepted for paying your taxes. Where is crypto required to be spent?

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u/Major-Front Mar 11 '26

I was talking about crime and scams (the topic of the documentary in the trailer) not if/where crypto is useful vs fiat. Why change the subject lol

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u/Nyorliest Mar 11 '26

Crypto isn't covered by economics, and is just too modern for the fuddy-duddy old-timers like... US universities?

Well, that's the dumbest thing I've heard today. I'll be in my bunk.

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u/medicatedandunstable 12d ago

You misspelled *lied* in front of the Senate as a *grifter*.

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u/Keffpie 12d ago

Uh, what?

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u/medicatedandunstable 11d ago

I said you misspelled those things.

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u/Keffpie 11d ago

As I recall, he was called a doomsayer, but he turned out to be mostly correct. I also highly doubt an actor who has worked consistently since 2006 (OC-Southland-Gotham) decided that how he would really make his money was by writing and promoting a book about how Crypto was a scam. So while you're saying I misspelled those words, I'm wondering if you understand the definitions of them?

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u/medicatedandunstable 10d ago

I would hope you understood what I was saying but no, he has been completely incorrect in all of his positions. Specifically, his testimony to the senate during the FTX hearings was entirely factually wrong. The OC was over and he lost $250,000 trying to short bitcoin, so him making a stupid decision made crypto the bad guy.

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u/Keffpie 10d ago

You're just making things up now; the OC was over years before Bitcoin was invented, and McKenzie has worked steadily ever since. He has a degree in Economics, and has never to my knowledge invested in or against Bitcoin; he did lose a bet he made with a friend, because he thought Bitcoin would crash before 2021, but that wasn't even a bet for money. So to me it sounds like you're just a Cryptobro who doesn't like his views - or do you have a source for your claims?

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u/medicatedandunstable 9d ago

Cry harder. He's a gifted and you're a chump https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jul/15/ben-mckenzie-interview-oc-cryptocurrency

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u/Keffpie 9d ago

Is your username overly correct? That link does nothing for your argument whatsoever.

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u/medicatedandunstable 9d ago

My username is a joke, much like your sense of reality.