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"If you tell a lie big enough and tell it frequently enough, people will eventually come to believe it". What is an example of this happening today? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I would really rather that these were actual examples, and not conspiracy theories. We all have our own unsubstantiated ideas about what shadowy no-gooders are doing, but I'd rather hear about things that are actually happening.

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Future generations will blame you for everything also.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

If you're a millennial, some already are.

[–] rwhitisissle@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Love how everybody forgot Gen X existed and skipped over them to hating millennials.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

Love how everybody forgot Gen X existed

We're used to that.