Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving bunch. I’ll pour one out for these poor souls. Ha!

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    When their world revolves around feels, emotion, “common sense*”, and education is portrayed as bad, they are far easier marks than someone who views un-vetted and too-good-to-be-true opportunities with a logical eye.

    *common sense is just another substitute for rejecting actual education and knowledge. “This is the right thing to do because common sense feels right” rather than investigating and making sure of what is right.

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    I mean if you’re looking for people to con, then of course a huge group of people being actively conned so ridiculously easily is going to be a great hunting ground for them.

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    Half the users are Trump supporters, the other half are scammers. It’s a match made In heaven brought to you by Orange Jesus.

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    I have found nothing is easier than separating a boomer and their money…well other than your mother.

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    I am absolutely sickened by the ghouls in this thread, laughing at the victims of scams. You all should be ashamed of yourselves.

    To the victims of Truth Social, my heart hurts for you, and I’m here to help:

    Send me the financial transaction details of the scam, including your bank account number, your social insurance number, date of birth, your mother’s maiden name, and other documentation as needed, and I will take care of things.

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    In an episode of the show bullshit (I think, I’m not 100% sure because I watch a lot of scam/anti-scam programming) there was an expert in MLMs saying that when you lose money in the MLM that isn’t a negative outcome for a MLM company.

    He said something like, “you are supposed to lose money, that’s the business” and I can’t help but think the exact same quote applies to this.

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      That’s absolutely correct. MLMs make you buy their shitty products at steep prices and leave it to you to sell the rest at even more outragous prices. Once you bought their product, in bulk, at markup, they made a profit.

      They dont give a fuck if you can sell it or not. You bought it, now you’re stuck with this useless shit.

      Trump and company are doing something similar with ideas. Believe these words, no matter how horrible and bad they are, even if you’re loved ones vehemetly disagree with you, even if it will destroy democracy and hurt several vulnerable populations of people… believe us no matter what. Get invested beyond reason and stay angry even if it ruins your life.

      They’re basically sucking the happiness out of people and then blaming x, y, and z groups for it.

      It’s genuinely disturbing.