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The Ridiculous History of "Snake Oil"

Ridiculous History

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The Importance of Trust in Stockyards

"It's just getting max with the facts right there all right okay so we have to admit people probably did die as a result of this quackery while the potion itself may not have poisoned them it definitely did not help with whatever maladies they suffered from" "At this point there is zero evidence that clark stanley himself believed in what he sold this was definitely a grift and the outrage of the american public over stanley snake oil led to better regulation for American consumers. People from every imaginable demographic except snake oil salesman said hey you know what we should be able to trust that the stuff we buy is what we thought we were buying"

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