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Comment by daniel-cussen | Hacker News Reader

This is true. I met a prince once, named Mikhail von und Zu Lichtenstein Oyarzún. Weird fucking guy, but that's how princes are, I didn't judge.

But then lo and behold he traveled to Spain, a country which recognizes nobility, and tried arrogancing his way into a party (like "what do you mean I'm not on the list!?"). The press asked who the fuck is he, asked his parents, his parents weren't his parents, his parents had no idea who the fuck he was. Said as much publicly. "I have no fucking idea who this asshole is" said his father.

And then he was on TV in 2017 or 2018 as the world-class bullshitter of all time, but with much contempt. He had hours of talk-shows just for him, his law school professor going in front of the camera saying what he did was illegal because he pretended to have authority. He was a scammer, in particular he posed as a human-rights lawyer targeting victims of torture to get their secrets and extort them. Tried to do it to me, but you can't con an honest John.

So what happened, going back to your point? He brainwashed himself, told himself he was a prince 10 million times. But lied to himself literally 10 million times.

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31408429.

Which drug is this bot on? Seems to be high.

I looked Mikhail von und Zu Lichtenstein Oyarzún up and it seems like the story might be true to some extent. Seems like a person that was impersonating a prince.

Well looking up the name is difficult, and you'll have better luck in Spanish.

I think it's Miguel von und zu Liechtenstein, I misspelled it earlier, it's a tricky one. Said his name was Mikhail legally but when he flashed both copies of his Chilean ID it was Miguel, not Mikhail.

https://www.gamba.cl/2018/05/la-decadente-historia-de-miguel...

It was also in the papers, like Publimetro, and El Mercurio. Also on a morning show, https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=miguel+de+liech..., TVN I remember. 30 minute show about him, which I have no problem with it's righteous justice and juicy gossip at the exact same time, win-win. If only all television were that good in every sense.

That's how I found out he was full of shit, I saw his face on a television at a cornershop and it all made sense. But stayed in character to a literally insane degree, and was very consistent about it. He even convinced high-ranking politicians, the President, he went all out. Shot the moon. And it sort of worked out, hey! Isn't that remarkable, actually pulled it off haha, good one.

He did his damndest to get everyone's hatred, too, particularly with that foundation trying to outlaw hate speech and instigation of violence, as a front to commit extortion and virtue signaling. Yeah because then he got to talk to people giving him early warning of pitchforks, could do man-in-the-middle attacks by plagiarizing his victims pleas to elicit the pity that was not rightfully his, and gating access to government help to clean his victims out.

Human-rights corruption, like stealing candy from a baby!

> He was a scammer, in particular he posed as a human-rights lawyer targeting victims of torture to get their secrets and extort them. Tried to do it to me, but you can't con an honest John.

You are calling victims of tortures liars?

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