One has to apply skepticism to all who ask you to part with your money, whether their schtick is commercial, religious, religious-charitable, secular-charitable, etc. People have correctly stated here that con men work because they know what people want to possess or believe and then promise that in the most convincing ways.
Being perpetually suspicious of everyone is a miserable way to live, but being someone who likes or needs to believe and trust people also can lead to being duped. So we settle for being suspicious of those whose beliefs appear to be contrary to ours. The ones who fool us are usually those who pretend to believe what we do.
Are there more “liberal” con men than “conservative” on men? Probably not, if you include religion in the equation. I’m not saying that all religion is a con job, but once you beleeeeve, beeeeeware.
Someone should go after this guy for those book sale deals. Sue him, charge him, fine him, or at least try. How about a class action lawsuit from everyone who was “forced” to buy the book?
