Obvious scams are obvious on purpose, but not for the reason you’re suggesting. They don’t want to waste actual manpower on anyone smart enough to recognize a scam. So they make the scam obvious, and they know that anyone that does respond to it is in that small percentage of clueless or gullible people that the scam might actually succeed on. They’re not trying to play 4D chess, they’re trying to find the people that can only play 1D checkers.

I’ve managed to get Cryostasis working, and for a game over a decade old, it’s a lot of fun. Great atmosphere, interesting mechanics, fascinating story, the whole package.

Based on that link it says that conservatives are at odds with and are critical of liberalism. There is a subset of conservatism called liberal conservativism that incorporates liberal stances into the conservative position however.

It’s always sad to see someone fall for one of these ridiculous conspiracy theories. Why would the government bother to control squirrels to spy on you when they already control the birds that spy on you? It just doesn’t make any sense.