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Conspiracy Theories Made Alex Jones Very Rich.
David Fahrenthold Retweeted:CONSPIRACIES ARE BIG BUSINESS: Noted anti-elite crusader ALEX JONES bought 4 Rolexs (in one day), owned a $40k saltwater aquarium, a $70k grand piano, $50k in firearms & kept $752k in silver, gold & precious metals in a safe deposit box, per court docs.
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Conspiracy Theories Made Alex Jones Very Rich. (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Sep 2018
OP
You are right they lots of similarities. So do their followers: seek confirmation, not counter-info.
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2018
#3
Yep, I've always thought that ... and there's always a ready flock to send money. A friend of one
RKP5637
Sep 2018
#5
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)1. Yep, big money in conspiracy theories, as well as religion! n/t
ret5hd
(20,523 posts)2. About the same thing. Am I right?
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,045 posts)3. You are right they lots of similarities. So do their followers: seek confirmation, not counter-info.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)5. Yep, I've always thought that ... and there's always a ready flock to send money. A friend of one
of my friends started a mail order religious artifacts company. He was not religious at all. He made a zillion dollars doing it. ... said it's easy to extract money from the religious, they buy lots of sh**. As many have said, christianity is the biggest con job ever. Lots and lots of money to be made from the faithful.
Turbineguy
(37,370 posts)4. His followers are
gullible rubes.
He took their money and gave them empty words.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)6. And his endless supply of miracle vitamins, minerals and what nots ... plus lots of end-world
supplies. An endless con artist.
donkeypoofed
(2,187 posts)7. What court docs? Is he still going thru divorce?
Or, what did he do now ?
tblue37
(65,489 posts)8. He is being sued by parents of murdered Sandy Hook kids for saying they are crisis actors and
Sandy Hook didn't really happen. Those parents have been harassed and threatened by Jones's followers, and have even had to move because of death threats.