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children with mass audiences making millions... selling...

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I honestly didn't imagine this could or would happen.
Take the willingness of some people to exploit a child, and then add modern communications technology and you have the recipe.
 
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Take the willingness of some people to exploit a child, and then add modern communications technology and you have the recipe.
some of my more distant relatives have a family church cult -more like tax evasion scheme going on. it wasn't too bad, i think some of the adults didn't take what they were teaching the children to be that serious,

but i remember my dad's sister complaining about how their 12 year old at the time (probably 30 now) believed he was a prophet, and could do no wrong.

i can only imagine what is going on in this 8 year old's head.
 
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I honestly didn't imagine this could or would happen.
You never saw the documentary on Marjoe, who was a kid evangelist/grifter back in the late 60s/early 70s?


All things old are new again.
 
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Can't say I'm terribly surprised...

You have kids making millions from other people watching them stream while they play video games.

You have people with monetized youtube channels where they make money off talking about other various interests (some so mundane as "what I eat in a day" and "product unboxing" videos)

I'm actually more surprised that it took this long for prosperity gospel/televangelism to catch up. Typically, they've always been at the front-end of getting hooks into various cash transfer mechanisms.
 
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