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Brilliant writing, brilliantly researched and very cutting. > this new con isn’t something you can tune out. It’s knocking on everyone’s door—no matter what si
by cadamsdotcom 1y ago
Brilliant writing, brilliantly researched and very cutting.
> this new con isn’t something you can tune out. It’s knocking on everyone’s door—no matter what side you’re on, what business you’re in, or whether you’re interested in politics or not.
> Have you, dear reader, ever thought of Trump as a successful businessman? Maybe even a self-made billionaire? Perhaps you believed that at one point in your life—or even right up until reading this article? If so, there’s no need to point fingers—he conned you too. It’s not a binary between the duped and the savvy, but a sliding scale. Everyone is affected in some way. And that, too, reveals the totality of the con.