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   JA Westenberg (daojoan@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 02-May-2025 12:54:39 JST JA Westenberg

   Not coincidental that both America's Gilded Ages birthed booming industries of 'manifest your own success' hucksters. When inequality becomes obscene, selling the fantasy that thoughts create reality becomes extremely profitable. Robber barons and mindset coaches: a symbiotic relationship since 1895.

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     StevenSavage (he/him) (stevensavage@sfba.social)'s status on Friday, 02-May-2025 14:24:54 JST StevenSavage (he/him)

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     @Daojoan Yep. I think we saw some of the New Thought stuff then as well. Plus some cultic groups had get rich quick schemes.