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Confusion To Your Enemies

May 10, 2010

The NY Times complains that “It’s Complicated”

The Cheater Says: Duh. All great cheaters build a facade of complexity to create the illusion of expertise… doctors, lawyers, bankers, Latin scholars. Language should be a barrier to understanding. You can’t just say “This transaction is designed to circumvent regulation 10(b)vii.” Use small print, made up words, nonsense. Everywhere. Be Dick Cheney. Use terms and phrases that project an air of authority, but really mean nothing. “Global integration,” “Competitive balance,” and “Creative accounting” are just a few of the make-believe phrases that have gotten cheaters rich. Superfantastical!


Filed under: Advice — @ 9:13 am



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