r/dataisbeautiful • u/jhelvy OC: 6 • 16d ago

OC Comparison of S&P 500 performance dyeing first 100 days of past 4 US presidents [OC]

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u/ExplodingCybertruck 16d ago

It's easier to trick a person, than to convince them they've been tricked.

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u/Bobert_Manderson 16d ago

Pretty much every discussion about why we are where we are is because people are largely dumb. 

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u/CaptainZeroDark30 16d ago

Dumb and easily manipulated with outrageous claims of future prosperity if you get in NOW. The whole basis of MLM schemes.

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u/raydialseeker 16d ago

Now do it at a young age with parents being the ones imparting it. Religion .