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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 11 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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[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You hear the same talking point with every US military failure. It's a version of the stabbed in the back myth.

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We would have won if those pencil pushers let us shoot into crowds of civilians! (Ignoring that they did do that and did not endear them to the local populations)

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 1 points 11 months ago

Me sowing: Hahaha, yeah! Fuck those civvies, shoulda been civillized like me! Ratatat-tat, motherfuckers!

Me reaping: pigmask-parodied scared