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A shill is a person who disingenuously sells a product or an idea. By comparison, a grifter is a person who disingenuously sells a persona. A grifter purports to be or represent something, but they are actually not. They may: * Pretend to be another ethnicity for a perceived benefit (e.g. Rachel Dolezal, Jack Murphy, Elizabeth Warren) * Sell a life stance at odds with their actual private life (e.g. Jordan Peterson, Jack Murphy again) * Aggressively promote some cause in advance of their personal gain (Shaun King, Patrisse Cullors) * Scam naïve investors in a hopeless business venture (Elizabeth Holmes, Adam Neumann)
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