We certainly,seem to be a more fraudulent society now than when I was a kid (1970s) but that might be a distorted perception. I think there are earlier times when hucksterism was even bigger than now. I guess it is down to the forces of don’t let the government regulate the operations of the market winning since 1980, so there is no one to stop the fraud or label it. But it at least the US has always been caveat emptor, let the buyer beware.
Maybe it is more fraudulent because the internet and fraudsters have gotten more effective and most people have blind spots where they are manipulable; crypto has bilked people of billions; Q Anon has gotten millions utterly divorced from shared reality; YouTube algorithm inadvertently spread flat earther stuff because it has algorithmically desirable features.
Please elaborate. Kids surely don't have a good view on the amount of fraud, but I remember people going to jail and resigning for corruption or illegal schemes more regularly.
Maybe it is more fraudulent because the internet and fraudsters have gotten more effective and most people have blind spots where they are manipulable; crypto has bilked people of billions; Q Anon has gotten millions utterly divorced from shared reality; YouTube algorithm inadvertently spread flat earther stuff because it has algorithmically desirable features.