How can you earn from scam ico? Unless you are the scammer, you cannot earn from those coins (or am I missing something here?) I have earned from trading altcoins but I do not touch those coins that is scam in nature. I prefer to trade on the safe sides and it proves to be profitable.
I think he means to say that we must become scammer ico developers to earn money

I agree with you thought of "If you can beat 'em, Join 'em" LOL
But I guess most people want to earn in a legit manner and not get blacklisted by the FBI in due course. That is why we stay away from ICOs. No one knows when an ICO is going to become scam or not so its better to do proper research and reality of facts before investing in them.