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Mike Lindell officially loses all his lawyers in $5M 'Prove Mike Wrong' cyber challenge
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this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2024
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i hate to say it, but this is a really good response
it's true that a lot of these right-wing religious people are awful people. i just wish that we lived in a better world in which people would never vote for idiots like this and there would be financial protection for people as they aged and became less intelligent, but not incapable of managing all aspects of their lives
ask yourself this: if a random person mike lindell's age offered 5 million dollars if someone could prove the earth isn't flat, would someone ever be allowed to collect that in court?
but perhaps i am living in a fantasy world by seeing these people as less pernicious than they are, and your point is taken that he is part of a white-nationalist movement that is scary and evil, and perhaps i should be glad when anything slows it down or stops it from spreading instead of nit-picking over the logistics of such. i do think religion and racism are both a sort of cognitive infection that afflict the stupid, and it's not entirely their fault for being stupid and susceptible to infection. as much as i hate racism and right-wing people, this really feels exploitative to me, even if Mike Lindell is infected
If someone who was known to be relatively rich held a competition, where he repeatedly made the claim, and said anyone who could prove him wrong would be paid, set requirements "you have to pay to come to my event to make a claim", and then advertised that fact, then yes, i think that person would have an appropriate claim.
At some point, 'you' have to take responsibility for your actions. If I a bet online, and lost, I would expect to have to pay.
Let historians unpack their intentions, I say. And deal with their actions now, while they're action-y and actively harming everyone and everything.
Have a good night.