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What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore? (lemmy.world)

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[–] rethnor@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 months ago

This is what I came here to say! It generates zero wealth, and only serves to move wealth from one person to another.

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