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michaelantonf | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Well, see now you’ve destroyed my motivation for V4V -> prophecy fulfilled
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mleku | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 if you believed in the tooth fairy and he told you it's not real what's the difference?
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michaelantonf | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Well, but in the end we are talking about human psychology. What humans believe can lead to a Ghandi or Nazi Germany.

Quite different outcomes, only difference is what a leader made everyone believe.

V4V funding worked in Greece for the entire governmental budget for many centuries btw.