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Cyrano

(15,388 posts)
Thu May 20, 2021, 02:00 PM May 2021

Want to become (legally) wealthy?

It's easy. All you have to do is scam Republican voters into giving you money. Lots of money.

Want examples? Look at Trump. Look at the Cyber Ninjas "auditing" Arizona ballots. Look at Marjorie Taylor Greene who has raised millions just by being insane.

Okay, I guess I'm describing much of today's Republican Party. Nonetheless, if you have no scruples and don't give a shit if you're taking the life savings from fools, come up with something incredibly stupid, publicize it, and people will give you a bunch of big bucks. (Hell, you can rent a building, call it a "Temple for Worshiping Trump," and people will pay as much as you want to enter.)

Many have profited greatly by peddling snake oil to fools. Seems that in this 21st Century, the price of snake oil has gone through the roof. Too bad humans didn't pay enough attention to reality and science. Stupid will literally be the death of us.

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Want to become (legally) wealthy? (Original Post) Cyrano May 2021 OP
Starting a religious sect seems to work pretty well (nt) Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #1
I've been saying for years that being rich would be easy... momta May 2021 #2
Or you can just invest in cryptocurrency. ColinC May 2021 #3
by the looks of things, you have to start stillcool May 2021 #4
To become legally wealthy, just become a Chinese citizen! Towlie May 2021 #5

momta

(4,186 posts)
2. I've been saying for years that being rich would be easy...
Thu May 20, 2021, 02:09 PM
May 2021

All you have to do is rid yourself of a conscience. That's how most of the richest people in the world got their $$$.

ColinC

(11,098 posts)
3. Or you can just invest in cryptocurrency.
Thu May 20, 2021, 02:14 PM
May 2021

It's working for me so far. Until it doesn't

stillcool

(34,407 posts)
4. by the looks of things, you have to start
Thu May 20, 2021, 02:19 PM
May 2021

sucking up, and kissing ass at a young age, so it becomes second nature.

Towlie

(5,554 posts)
5. To become legally wealthy, just become a Chinese citizen!
Thu May 20, 2021, 02:19 PM
May 2021

 


https://www.bbc.com/news/56213271

Poverty is defined by China as anyone in rural areas earning less than about $2.30 a day...


But I digress. Yes, I was taught as a child that crime does not pay but today's Republicans have proven that to be untrue.
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