An open mind lead to cults and leaders always taking advantage of suckers.
When I was younger, I let my mind slip and was scammed. I thought I knew better because I had an open mind.
You need and must have a critical mind. Test everything! Don’t leave it open to crap.
Don’t allow guys like this to swoop in, open your skull and eat your brains.
We should have had enough with these Sham-mans. Yes Shamans.
How were you scammed?
Jake, my life full of scams.
1. Raised in Catholic Church system. Asked priest why they were not following the bible and had their own “doctrine”. Then jumped from “Doctrine” to “Doctrine”, (different churches) thinking they all had the answers. Most don’t follow the new testament, implement old testament systems that Jesus and apostle Paul condemned. It’s a long story.
2. Guru’s - Financial advisors, Real Estate agents, MLM’s, Grant Cardone, Amway, Tony Robbins. They sold me “Master Classes” that I paid too much for and got information I could have read in a Library book for free - (now Ai). I was too lazy and stupid to seek proper knowledge, take a university class, etc. I wanted to “belong” to a group of like minded idiots, similar to flat earth enthusiasts. We are all brainwashed by our stupid desires to belong to a dumbfounded group of some sort, whether it’s religion or a thought.
3. Financial advisors ran away from me when “their best advice” turned sour and I lost thousands.
4. Girlfriend’s (just friends, no benefits) trying to get me to sleep with them after they found out they were pregnant by another fellow. They wanted to collect child support from me.
5. Been brainwashed by the cult of riches, where you had to have a home better than your peers, a BMW and Mercedes-Benz in the driveway. A quality built car is better than most of this high priced garbage. I chased after all the brand named clothing that cost 3000 times more than buying the same no-name brand hoodie at Wal-mart.
So I have a degree in stupidity and a masters in cognitive dissonance.
My degree allows me to sniff out the most egregious scammers now.
But shit, Meta and Google ai is now on the brainwash train, sending me what I desire to be brainwashed with. That’s why I’m on Nostr. Hopefully we are free, but Ben Wehrman and others will still try to snatch us away.
Thank you for sharing, and sorry you've had such difficult moments in life
As the information changes, it's what we do with it, that is the highest signal of intelligence in my mind
Will remain as open-minded as possible, with a healthy dose of skepticism
Hey Jake,
You don’t have to be sorry. This happens to everyone in life, in one form or another. I believe this life is full of fallen individuals; it’s called sin. Everyone is fallen, but early in my life, I believed otherwise. Boy was I wrong.
