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Fake it till you make it: the wolves of Instagram

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Re: Fake it till you make it: the wolves of Instagram

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Post by Regardsyjc »

justicezyx wrote: post #65
neaden wrote: post #4

One thing I've been struck by with movies and films like the Wolf of Wall Street, the film Wall Street, Fight Club, or even the Great Gatsby is how many people end up coming away with the exact opposite message of the movie. They end up idolizing the vapid, shallow lifestyle that the movie is critiquing, because even though the film is critiquing that it can't help but also make it glamorous. Michael Douglas has said…

Hollywood dont want people to be model citizen, otherwise they would want to consume recreation that has nothing to do with their business: hiking hanging out with friends families reading learning whatever that is not being mind-washing by the popular entertainment

There are plenty of Hollywood films that promote those values. The Stephen Hawking biopic. Even the Harry Potter series. Marvel superhero films like Dr. Strange. Other biopics like Hidden Figures, etc.

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TaylorGood wrote: post #6

I know of a guy who “pivoted” from exotic car rental operator in Florida to Forex and Drop Shipping coach via Instagram. His Lamborghini, chartered jets and 30k followers really shine but I also know he still buys fake shoes. Wouldn’t trust him with $1. Gary Vaynerchuk is spot on in that there are too many experts and not enough practicioners. Showing others how to make it is how these guys are trying to make it.

Being in the Amazon retail space, I know someone who made $100k in a month selling coaching services when their Amazon business had only done $500k revenue in the last year. I haven't used their services so I don't know whether that's a good or a bad thing.

But I also know many coaching programs that sell for $2k, 5k, 10k+/person but aren't perfect. Something that might have worked for them might not work for someone else, especially if they forget to mention important steps. To learn more about the coaching trend look into Clickfunnels and the Art of High Ticket Selling COD Facebook group.

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Post by cultofmetatron »

codyb wrote: post #202
gowld wrote: post #184

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just about every revolutionary hero is a mass murderer, from Che to Mao to Stalin to Churchill to Washington. And not everyone knows all the history of symbols.

Did Washington kill civilians? He was a slave owner. Not sure mass murderer is on the money like it is for Stalin and Mao. Don’t know enough about Che.

>Not sure mass murderer is on the money like it is for Stalin and Mao

umm. Andrew Jackson... look up the trail of tears

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Post by epigramx »

smacktoward wrote: post #44
neaden wrote: post #4

One thing I've been struck by with movies and films like the Wolf of Wall Street, the film Wall Street, Fight Club, or even the Great Gatsby is how many people end up coming away with the exact opposite message of the movie. They end up idolizing the vapid, shallow lifestyle that the movie is critiquing, because even though the film is critiquing that it can't help but also make it glamorous. Michael Douglas has said…

It's because film is a visual medium, and in these movies the protagonist always looks cool . He may be doing terrible things, but he's wearing hip clothes and driving a gorgeous car while he does them. The visual language is all screaming "this guy's great!", and it ends up overwhelming the message the story is trying to tell. If you want to know what most people will think of a character in a movie, watch the movie…

> the story is trying to tell they are trying to make money it's not a documentary

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Regardsyjc wrote: post #261
justicezyx wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hollywood dont want people to be model citizen, otherwise they would want to consume recreation that has nothing to do with their business: hiking hanging out with friends families reading learning whatever that is not being mind-washing by the popular entertainment

There are plenty of Hollywood films that promote those values. The Stephen Hawking biopic. Even the Harry Potter series. Marvel superhero films like Dr. Strange. Other biopics like Hidden Figures, etc.

I think the argument that: - A is claimed to be bad - This statement is wrong - Because some instances of A is not bad

Is a type of nonsensical logical reasoning.

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