Why is there so much tolerance to dishonesty in the bitcoin community?
Does it have something to do with the libertarian philosophy, in some broad sense of the term? Perhaps those loyal clients think, "The guy is not a scammer, because anyone who lost money to his scam is stupid, and stupid people deserve to lose their money"?
Quite the opposite. People have been trained since birth to allow others to take care of their money for them. They expect a safety net. So, they act accordingly.
When they come upon something which requires user responsibility to protect, they flounder. They don't know how to protect themselves. Bad things happen and they look for someone to blame.
It's not tolerance. I don't enjoy watching scams unfold. I fear that Bitcoin's main flaw is that people are irresponsible and won't be able to handle controlling their own money.
Then I realize that I managed to do it. If I can do it, anyone can do it.
There is also the notion that Bitcoins aren't money, but tokens that represent money. The same reason casinos use chips instead of cash. When people are holding casino chips, they are more likely to simply gamble them away. It's an abstraction layer. What people need to realize is that Bitcoin is less of an abstraction than their precious fiat. That's going to take time for most of the world.