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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)
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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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[โ€“] 24 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Stems from the black book of Communism which counts nazis killed by the Soviets, everyone killed by the nazis in the USSR, unborn children and even more absurd shit like that just to get to that number lmao.

If we count shit like that, Capitalism has killed billions.

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    If we count shit like that, Capitalism has killed billions.

    Only if you don't adjust for functioning existence lmao.

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You call this functioning?

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  • [โ€“] -4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Ah yes, India, Haiti, and Myanmar. Definitely what people instantly think of when prompted for the average modern capitalist democracy rather than the us, uk, denmark, sweden, norway, germany, netherlands...cherry pick a bit harder and you might start making sense

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  • [โ€“] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Those were your picks for the average capitalist democracy but I'm the one cherry picking? Lmao

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