zenitsu comments on "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?

"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 2 years 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.

[+] zenitsu@sh.itjust.works -9 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

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

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

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[+] brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

You call this functioning?

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[+] zenitsu@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

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[+] brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

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[–] zenitsu@sh.itjust.works -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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