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Winning Games: The Shocking Truth About Free Money Myths

Name: Winning Games: The Shocking Truth About Free Money Myths
Uploaded: 2024-09-01T21:04:33+00:00
Duration: 47 s
Channel: Mike Koenigs
Description: This short transcript excerpt captures Mike Koenigs describing how games (example: a Monopoly-style game) were used to illustrate myths about "free…

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This short transcript excerpt captures Mike Koenigs describing how games (example: a Monopoly-style game) were used to illustrate myths about "free money" and immigration, emphasizing that such games consistently rewarded players to make a rhetorical point. Koenigs notes the effect: these games rarely change minds but can motivate people to take action.

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But, you know, they've employed games and, and like, they did a game, for example, that was a Monopoly game where it was basically no matter how you played. And it was like, it was basically how they were trying to illustrate how much money was going to illegal immigrants, how much, how many free money programs were available. And the bottom line is whenever you'd play the game, you'd win no matter what you do. And you got free money. And it was clearly a dig. But the whole point is, what can you do that will get attention and mobilize.
A behavior? And what they have said, one of their biggest takeaways is people's minds don't get changed, but they will get motivated to take action.