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#14 - God's Socialist, pt. 4: Sex, Drugs & Revolution

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Jim Jones's 'Jonestown Legend'

Jim jones's explanation for how he and his family were living so well during this period became a jonestown legend. According to jim, the wife of an american diplomat became so, so infatuated with him that she offered him five thousand dollars if he would sleep with her. We know from the pleading letters being sent by his assistants that the church was behind on water and electricity payments. There are contradictions and so many things that make no sense in the main stream explanations. And there are a lot of coincidences, especially when you said all this against the backdrop of political events in brazil at the time.

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