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Shouldn't it be "what you can do for me"? Why did he say grammatically wrongly?

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Rebecca

He says "what can you do for me" because he is speaking as though he is a "taker." In the previous sentence, he says "Paranoia is caused by people I call 'takers.'" He is saying that 'takers' think in a way that asks what other people can do for him, instead of what the taker can do for other people; this is why he says "what can you do for me." "What can you do for me?" is considered grammatically correct.

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