Good cons are based on the victim’s need, and the successful con artist is the one, I guess, who can exploit that. I remember reading something about this, that one of the great traits of confident tricksters is the level that they flatter their victims.
Alfred Molina/1953/British Actor
Tell the sweet lies
Flowery untruths
Flatter their knowledge
Smile and seduce
Convince them with candy
Provide them their meals
Keep them rocked back
On their uncertain heels
Point out the hate
Tell them they are victims
While you keep shaking the fence
Of where they've been sitting
Fudge all the numbers
Demure at their praise
Promise that taxes
Will never be raised
Direct pointed fingers
At those who reveal
Your entire agenda
Is the liberty you steal
Promise them dreams
Will surely come true
Hide from them all
The con artist in you
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