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		<title>The Victims: Believers Who Trusted the Wrong Stories</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Sasaki]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Introduction by Nick Sasaki Today, we live in a world where lies don’t just travel faster than truth—they multiply. They compound. They build entire narratives out of thin air, and before we realize it, those narratives become the quiet instructions we follow without even knowing we agreed to them.Most people don’t choose to believe something [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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