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Jim Sanders's avatar

Just a thought. We always frame the con job as the bad person taking advantage of innocent, unsophisticated people. However, are these cons just giving groups of people what they want?

The cons are just suppliers meeting demand.

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Kara Cooney's avatar

To some extent, yes. Many YouTubers and tiktokers have made bank this week on this ridiculous story. And many people WANT to believe. As I like to say, the pyramids are still working on our simple human minds exactly as intended. This story feeds into our modern authoritarian zeitgeist very well.

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Jim Sanders's avatar

I have watched you on MythVision and really appreciate your insights. Thank you.

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Isabelle Plante's avatar

But… aliens

<insert meme of Giorgio A. Tsoukalos>

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