the world's history: > snakeoil merchant sends ahead a ostensibly filthy-rich bait > bait very publically flaunts his shinies and pitches worthless magic paper to the villagers > the villagers seek out the snakeoil merchant, willing to trade their everything for worhless magic paper > a week later, after realizing that its worthless magic paper they cannot use anywhere else, they return to the merchant to trade it back > snakeoil merchant tells them that he would be a fool to trade back all the resources, of which there are so few in relation to the volumes of worthless magic paper now in circulation, for the original prices > villagers involve legal authority which tells them to fuck off, because the trades were legal -- the merchant didn't lie, the bait did and the villagers didn't bother asking the merchant or reading the fineprint > snakeoil merchant shows "mercy" and allows the villagers to burrow the resources against a fee and interest paid with the worthless magic paper > [fast forward] the village is bankrupt and indebted, everyone's at each other throat having scammed each other out of their worthless magic paper to pay their own fees > the merchant once again shows "mercy" and offers them a deal: if they assume the role of the bait and spread the good word of the worthless magic paper in other villages they'll be allowed to stay in their homes and toil their fields > [fast forward] the merchant is now considered the sovereign, writing the laws, ruling over terminally indebted and blackmailed royality and canonizing ita most prolific baits as prophets and whatnot > [fast forward] (you)'re here. niggerfaggot.
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