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“People will do anything for those who encourage their dreams, justify their failures, allay their fears, confirm their suspicions, and help them throw rocks at their enemies.”

-Blair Warren, "The One Sentence Persuasion Course: 27 Words to Make the World Do Your Bidding"

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The thinking behind this sentence is the cause of the disease, but also the cure. If everyone would teach their children that this is how some people will try to fool you, the world could be a better place.

But they do, many working class communities communicate distrust of middle class white collars

> But they do, many working class communities communicate distrust of middle class white collars

Most white collars are working class. Working class are people who work for a wage or salary.

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