What you might notice, is that some people run a diversified portfolio of investments, and maintain returns such as myself. You should also notice, people do their research before shouting from the roof tops that everything is evil. I feel like you are some sort of christian missionary trying to save the natives.
if you are exposing your portfolio to BS&T or one of the unfortunately many pass-throughs, then you are supporting the largest ponzi scheme.
You are comparing apples and weedeaters. Patrick separates his 1% deposits from his pass-through, and he is very transparent with how he makes money.
Either way, Ponzi schemes can be very profitable. I don't think there is anything unethical about gambling with a Ponzi scheme.
Not that Patrick needs me to defend him. But "for real, yo."