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Jiang's reminder that this bolgia should be read as an environment where speech, bargains, and appearances are systematically deceptive.
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circle of fraud
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...more people to rip apart, okay? So this is the circle of fraud, circle of deception. We should be wary of everything people do..."
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"...more people to rip apart, okay? So this is the circle of fraud, circle of deception. We should be wary of everything people do..."
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"...okay so they are in hell they are in the circle of fraud and they're climbing these boulders right and it's tiring for Dante..."
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"circle of fraud where everyone lies and deceives and steals uh and here this is the punishment for the for grafters people who engage..."
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"...are pretty far down in Inferno. And here in the circle of fraud, we now meet thieves. Okay. Can I ask you a question?..."
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"...basically. Why would this be the worst sin in the circle of fraud? What's the issue with this? We, we know why thievery is..."
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"...going on, okay? So in this last area of the circle of fraud, there are lots of people who are condemned here, okay? They..."
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"...incest. It'd be in a circle of violence. But this circle of fraud. Yes? Influencers on social media? I think so. I think so...."
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"...violence. And then they'll go even further down to the circle of fraud. Okay, so Virgil does this. Virgil tells Dante that fraud is..."
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"Okay, so now they will descend down to the circle of fraud. Now, okay, so let's think about this. Sir Bernetto was in the..."
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"...is that to descend from the circle of violence, the circle of fraud, okay, and quite honestly, the circle of fraud will occupy about..."
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"...so that's circle of violence. Now we descend to the circle of fraud, which is the majority of the Divine Comedy, okay? Inferno 18."
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"So Malibolge is the name of the circle, okay? The circle of fraud. And there are different ditches for different frauds, okay?"
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