>so that's what people value. It's not what I value, it's an observation of what others value. I know people couch their own opinions in the views of others a

>so that's what people value. It's not what I value, it's an observation of what others value. I know people couch their own opinions in the views of others a lot, but nowhere did I express personal feelings. It was just trying to dig one layer deeper to contextualize the situation OP was talking about (Americans valorizing confidence games).