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I wasnt talking about holding stock, I was responding to this comment you said:

> In our modern economy it's difficult to not be a shill in some way, shape, or form, even if you don't quite realize it consciously.

Oxford dictionary defines a shill as "an accomplice of a confidence trickster or swindler who poses as a genuine customer to entice or encourage others."

So the difference between someone shilling and being a satisfied customer is an intent to decieve. How is it "difficult to not pose as a genuine customer to entice or encourage others" ?



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