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In "When Are We Going to Ever Stop Falling for the Con Out There?" Ziad K. Abdelnour critiques the widespread gullibility and acceptance of questionable narratives by the public. Using the FTX scandal and broader crypto industry as examples, he argues that many have blindly trusted unregulated and risky ventures.

Questioning Mainstream Narratives

• Abdelnour draws parallels between the public's quick acceptance of narratives surrounding the FTX scam and other major issues:
• The effectiveness and safety of COVID vaccines and mandates.
• The legitimacy of the 2020 election.
• The portrayal of the January 6 Capitol event as an "insurrection."
• Claims that inflation is temporary.
• The narrative that supply chain breakdowns indicate a booming economy.
• The labeling of American patriots as "fascists" or "terrorists."
• Justifications for sending $91+ billion to Ukraine.
• Arguments for an open southern border to fill American jobs.
• Dire predictions about climate change.
• The legitimacy of Black Lives Matter as a benefactor to Black Americans.
• The idea that all white people are innately racist.
• The prioritization of "diversity, inclusion, and equity" over merit.
• The belief that teachers know better than parents regarding children's needs.
• The fluidity of gender and children's ability to choose their own gender.
• The rationalization of the queer/trans movement as "born that way."
• The portrayal of abortion as a means to protect women's health.
• The entitlement to one's "own truth."

Critique of Leftist Narratives

Abdelnour contends that many of these narratives originate from the political left and align with global political and financial powers advocating for a future where individuals "own nothing and are happy." He asserts that these narratives wouldn't survive scrutiny if more people chose to question and expose them.

Call to Action

He highlights how over the past decades, the public has become undereducated, misinformed, and overly comfortable, losing critical thinking and basic common sense. Abdelnour calls for individuals to challenge these narratives, trust their instincts, and speak out against misinformation. He emphasizes that collective change starts from individual action, urging people to reclaim their critical faculties and resist herd mentality.

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If you’re scratching your head wondering how so many people and institutions could’ve invested so much trust and money into a shady, unregulated, and inherently risky operation like the FTX scam run by Bankman-Fried or any other house of cards, like the crypto industry in general, consider the quickness with which the masses, without question, bought in to approved narratives about.

• Effectiveness and safety of COVID vaccines and mandates
• The legitimacy of the 2020 election
• The 1/6 Capitol “insurrection”
• Inflation is temporary and comparatively not that bad
• Supply chain breakdowns reflect a booming economy
• American patriots are “fascists,” “extremists,” and/or “terrorists”
• Ukraine is a “democracy” worthy of $91+ billion of U.S. money
• An open southern border is needed to fill American jobs
• “Climate change” will destroy the planet in only a few years
• BLM is a legitimate benefactor to black Americans
• White people are innately “racist”
• “Diversity, inclusion, and equity” are more important than merit
• Teachers know what children need better than their parents do
• Gender is “fluid” and people, including children, can choose their own
• “Born that way” as a rationale for the queer/trans movement
• Abortion as a humane way of protecting women’s health, and
• Everyone is entitled to his own “truth”

Notice a theme here? Most of the false narratives seducing the gullible public are coming from the political left —And they’re working in parallel with global political and financial powers who want us to accept that “by 2030, you will own nothing and be happy.” 

None of these leftist narratives would stand the light of day if we all chose to reject them and openly call them out for what they are — lies, propaganda, and con jobs. 

Over the past 50 or more years, we have become a nation of people undereducated, misinformed, disenfranchised, disempowered, silenced, chemically numbed, and made overly comfortable in our little private digital environments. We have been neutered to the point where we have lost not only critical thought, abstract reasoning, and basic common sense, but the capacities that make us humans created in God’s image — compassion, empathy, and selfless love for one another.

Unless we change, we may be reaching a point of no return for the humanity we once knew. All change starts from within each of us individually. So question everything you see and hear; resist herd mentality, trust your gut; and, for the sake of others more vulnerable to the con, speak out against the madness. If enough of us actively take control of the narratives we’ve been fed, we will discover we’re not alone, and according to the “butterfly effect,” individual change will grow to become collective change. We are the majority, and must be silent no more.

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