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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > someone who is good at the economy help me budget this, my family is dying
 
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Hieronymous Alloy
Jan 30, 2009


Why! Why!! Why must you refuse to accept that Dr. Hieronymous Alloy's Genetically Enhanced Cream Corn Is Superior to the Leading Brand on the Market!?!




Morbid Hound
If I'm so smart, why aren't I rich?

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Hieronymous Alloy
Jan 30, 2009


Why! Why!! Why must you refuse to accept that Dr. Hieronymous Alloy's Genetically Enhanced Cream Corn Is Superior to the Leading Brand on the Market!?!




Morbid Hound

Joe-Bob posted:

Sin, OP. Maybe you should start tithing?

Dammit I knew there was something


Joe-Bob posted:

Sin, OP. Maybe you should start tithing?


I'm really interested in the intersection between grifters like Ramsey and conservatism in general. He's got to be pretty popular with churches. They surely deal with a lot of congregants with serious financial needs that come with stagnant wages and rising health costs. However, at least in American Evangelical circles any thoughts of economic justice are socially unacceptable. Plus, tithes!

I come from this background, and I'm just astonished at how successfully right wing economic thought has captured such a huge group of religious people. One bit of nuance that really gets lost when talking about Evangelicals is that prosperity gospel is pretty fringe among conservative Christians in the US. At least officially, most theologians and pastors would completely reject explicit connections between wealth and godliness. However, it seems that the leadership is essentially bought and paid for by the Republican party since at least Brown v. Board of Education - they've gained the world and lost their soul.

This contradiction makes it possible for Ramsey to exist. A bit of moralistic nonsense gets used to answer a question that's not really allowed to get asked.


https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-long-con

The short version: there's a huge demographic overlap between people vulnerable to con artists and people vulnerable to right-wing politics.

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