I don't respect anyone using the BIG LIE. It works on a third of people because of evolutionary stuff... Ducks in a barrel if you are shameless enough. My Tamal tm, that's a way to wake up in the morning.
The US is the only developed nation where these guys have a rich seam of suckers for a cross. I expect him finding a fellow traveller in Trump and taking the addict path of strife for endorphins has him doing this?
I don’t think religion makes you a sucker. I think when politicians and business people exploit religion it’s unethical. With that said, America is different than Europe. Washington and Robespierre definitely had different views on religion in a republic and we are living in that world today.
interesting.. so your saying a cross around his neck did it. Its possible i guess. i would think its the hokey, aw-shucks, marketing that snowballed. The way he holds the pillow like a baby, lol
Well my intent was "suckers for a cross" in this case literally (his cross). In my head the televangelist Jesus knows me suckers. Elmer Gantrys I think they are called in th US pulling their strings? In the hospice I have met every faith imaginable and several of the finest humans who had a depth of experience with people that made them extraordinary, though not supernatural. I guess my mind sees it all as pretend but you have quality pretend and who could fall for that shit pretend.
Numerically impressive, sure. But he had to go the extra mile and promise all sorts of benefits that his product couldn't possibly deliver, all the while sporting his Jesus cross outside his shirt to target his unthinking, faith-based audience. Mission accomplished. (Is that what godliness is all about?)
Admire any person who builds a large business on simple products...especially pillows and sheets. But then he went batshit crazy and put his personal beliefs above company values....in the shitter.