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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 01:00 AM Original message |
WHY are Americans so easily Fooled/Scammed/Taken/Conned ? |
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Must_B_Free (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. lemming behaviour |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 01:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yup, the cliff syndrome I guess..... |
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Bowline (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
46. Lemmings don't deserve the insult. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. Because Americans are Human Beings EOM |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 01:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Susceptible to being conned?? By the looks of things..I guess. |
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democrat_patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. They are bombarded by the |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 01:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Turns out thats one of the sources of Mind Theft |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
5. I understand... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 01:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I totally agree. |
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rhino47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
6. Working harder for less pay might play into it. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 01:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. John Kenneth Galbraith describes this in THE GOOD SOCIETY |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
8. because we're nothing but greedy, clever monkeys |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 01:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. reminds me of the monkey trap where the bait is inside of a basket |
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RodneyCK2 (813 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
12. I chalk it up to Laziness. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 01:18 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Slothness is one of the seven sins.....heavy price.... |
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specimenfred1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
15. 100+ Years of Propaganda |
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RodneyCK2 (813 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 01:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Good point. I wish I had made it. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:04 AM Response to Reply #16 |
42. Asimov is rolling over in his grave. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 01:45 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Totally agree |
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cthrumatrix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
33. exactly....we trust people and they screw us |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:39 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Leads to the question....pressing the Trust Button.... |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:58 AM Response to Reply #35 |
59. And look at CNN's slogan |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 11:06 AM Response to Reply #59 |
69. The SELLING of Trust? |
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nickgutierrez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
17. We don't like to believe that our government would lie to us... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 01:47 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Denial runs deep in the hinterlands |
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Jokinomx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
36. So many good points... but think your on the right track antiwarwarrior |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:12 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Collective ADD afflicts the wolly ones. |
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jjmalonejr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
20. I could sell you my pamphlet which explains why |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
34. LOL, if I buy 6, do I get a discount? |
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jjmalonejr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 11:39 AM Response to Reply #34 |
70. No, but you get a free copy. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 12:56 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. LOL :o) |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
21. I don't find most people to be as you described |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Ahhh, yes skittles, the product of manipulation/domination/suppression |
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Algomas (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
22. In sales, you are advised to sell the sizzle not the steak... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:16 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Algomas....you got it right on the button |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
23. BushCo coopted the religious right |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:06 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Team Bush did...not him. |
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JSJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
24. singular all-encompassing quest for the legal tender... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:05 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Simply put in an eloquent way, thank you |
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Killarney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
27. the media |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:43 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. The media is but a tool to assist in "selling" the Trust/Confidence |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
29. when people are willing to believe that men can walk on water, what do you |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:50 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. The Easy way out, product of SLOTH.. Fantasy allows abandonment |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
30. Picture the "average American" in your mind |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:56 AM Response to Reply #30 |
40. Ignorance as a Product....101 |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
31. Intellectual laziness, moral cowardice, and the media. |
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cthrumatrix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:45 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. we are bigger then them....DU should be more than a blog |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:02 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Developing Truth in Trust 101 |
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giant_robot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:40 AM Response to Reply #31 |
55. I think you hit it on the head with "intellectual laziness" |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 10:20 AM Response to Reply #55 |
65. So very true.....the lazy way out...slothness...let others do the thinking |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
43. to many of us are not deep thinkers |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:29 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. As in Bowling/golf/tennis/chess...it takes time to develop. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
44. The politicians and media depend on highlighting the bad! |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:49 AM Response to Reply #44 |
56. As mentioned earliar...the Pubs have perfected the art of selling |
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hadrons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
47. "Will to believe" and the power of positive thinking .... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 10:03 AM Response to Reply #47 |
61. But but, the Gullible ones are drilling holes in our lifeboat |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
48. You are told X. You are told "everyone believes X". You are told... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:59 AM Response to Reply #48 |
60. X can survive for long periods, even generations, if there is Balance |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
49. television... |
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gpandas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 10:06 AM Response to Reply #49 |
62. television-the gateway to stupidity n/t |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 10:18 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. The Imbalance of Fiction and Non fiction tells us the story |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
51. Corporate hype |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 10:45 AM Response to Reply #51 |
68. Evil is and Evil Does |
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Geo55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
52. The complex make up of the human mind set free by the Founding Fathers |
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donhakman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:37 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. An in depth answer |
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Geo55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:57 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Looks very interesting....bookmarked for later digestion.....Thanks n/t |
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JohnOneillsMemory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 06:39 PM Response to Reply #53 |
78. The Lie Matrix of scientifically applied persuasion. We are born in it, |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:14 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Thanks so much for the wonderful links |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 10:14 AM Response to Reply #52 |
63. The meaning lies in the whole..what did the Human species accomplish? |
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Geo55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 12:06 PM Response to Reply #63 |
71. "self extincted in the end" |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 12:55 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Not with the Pubs in control...it ain't gonna happen, we are obssessed |
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PatrickS (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
54. "WHY are Americans so easily Fooled/Scammed/Taken/Conned ?" |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:53 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. "I got rooked and its not my fault...even if I put my rook in front of the |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
66. we're dichotomized at a very early age. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 10:40 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Don't worry about glibness. Thanks for the detailed answer..well |
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ElementaryPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
74. Because they no longer READ! |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 05:42 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Unindated by news, magazines, news papers, etc etc our brains |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
75. It's not just the current misadministration...its much more. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 05:35 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Thank you for your response. True to the mark and on the button. |
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