I don't know that anybody has grasped the psychology at work with those people. For convenience, I mentally divide them into four categories; The Innocent dupes, i.e. Josie; The Desperate, i.e. AlanC; The Shills, i.e Wendy; and the hopelessly ignorant, i.e. gatekeeper. I think some of them fit into more than one category
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