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It's very different today. People have learned to get rich selling misinformation to morons. At least you knew Aunt Marge probably didn't have a complete understanding of whatever she was telling you.
People have gotten rich selling bullshit for a long time. The term “snake oil salesmen” is not new.
the history of people getting rich selling bullshit goes all the way back to the time when there was bullshit, money, and rubes to sell it to.
I'm much less likely to ask Aunt Marge, at all, these days. She got so angry.