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In reply to the discussion: Truth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scams [View all]Montauk6
(9,340 posts)I remember how this crank named Joseph Newman made the rounds in the "patriot" circles with his "perpetual energy machine" where every demo consisted of a toy car being powered by one his "special" batteries and the story of how the government was trying to shut him and his "science" up and pretty much anyone challenging his views were part of the Bilderbergers, Trilateralists, Illuminati, take your pick. I think he fell from "grace" when he tried to marry a kid. But I digress.
A lot of those shortwave radio conspiracy shows had sponsors whose main marketing ploy was to a) saddle you up with all your necessities when the End comes and b) claim that these were goods that the powers-that-be don't want you to own. Back then it was Chuck Harder, Bill Cooper and Art Bell; today it's Alex Jones and Mike Lindell.