That's the meaning of "You can't cheat an honest man", the key elements of pulling off a con - isolating the mark, creating a sense of urgency, making them willing to bypass built-in legal and social safeguards - are all way easier if they think they're getting away with a crime
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You could extend that to this kind of abusive relationship in general, this lady hooked up with an evil wackjob criminal, against all the advice of anyone with a lick of common sense - including her own husband - because she shares his opinion that the world is full of suckers
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For her to back off and admit that she's just another one of the people Martin used and discarded would be to admit that *she's the same as other people* And the tragedy of a lot of bad decisions people make is that's the last thing they want to admit
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c.f. the entirety of cryptocurrency
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