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Indeed.
My mother knew a gent who had an interesting collection. He lived between two old run-down houses in two states. Both were large country lots with shops and barns. Everyone knew he had a Harbor Freight addiction. There were multiple copies of just about every lathe and power tool they sell. Hey, never know when the sale will end!
What people didn't realize was that his gardening hobby was really a cover for his gold, silver and cash collection that began with his exit from the Army after WWII. Stuffed in jars, vials, and little boxes all over his back yards were stashes that netted over $3M.
Makes me want to start a yard maintenance business.
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There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195
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