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Alex Hirsch
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What the fresh hell. This is REAL. Filmed in 1958- about a conman who grifts a small town of suckers into building a wall. History not subtle enough for you? GUESS THE GRIFTER'S NAME
(And watch until the end)
Wondering if it’s a hoax? 🙃
#RebootTheSimulation snopes.com/fact-check/tra…
Conmen, grifters, dictators & cult leaders have been pushing the exact same fear-buttons in our brains throughout history. These guys aren’t geniuses, they just keep finding the same human blind spots that we‘re all wired to fall for. That’s why these stories happen again & again
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