People often wonder about if the various gurus and grifters we cover are conscious liars or self-deluded. As Ponzi illustrates, it’s often a bit of both, and unbridled confidence & narcissism is the glue that holds it all together.
"...the plow is the instrument which separates civilization from savagery; and converts a desert into a farm or garden. ... To be more concise, Rain follows the plow"
In the American west we had William Gilpin
Much of our arid lands were needlessly plowed under and grazed as a result
It's all about manifesting destiny, to use the woo-speak. God/The cosmos thinks I am very special and if I believe in that hard enough then obviously I deserve to be incredibly, filthy rich.
We are all self deluded. We crawled from the slime like the cockroaches and earthworms on some tiny speck of a dust ball in a totally indifferent universe and think that makes us special.
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In the American west we had William Gilpin
Much of our arid lands were needlessly plowed under and grazed as a result