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Re:Why Are There So Many Rationalist Cults? by dcminter on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @02:37PM (#44880175)
In the term "conman" the confidence in question is that of the mark, not the perpetrator.
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Re:Why Are There So Many Rationalist Cults? by sdwr on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @02:55PM (#44880390)
Isn't confidence referring to the alternate definition of trust, as in "taking you into his confidence"?
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Re:Why Are There So Many Rationalist Cults? by godelski on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @03:43PM (#44881006)
I think if you used that definition you could equally say "it is the mark that is taking the conman into [the mark's] confidence"
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