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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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[-] zenitsu@sh.itjust.works -5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

So Myanmar, really? the country that got coup'd in 2021 is what you think of as a modern democracy? So are you retarded or just bad faith? Maybe both?

[-] brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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[-] zenitsu@sh.itjust.works -4 points 11 months ago

Haiti? Where just in 2021 their president was assassinated. Point should be clear, your selection of the "average modern democracy" was just bad faith coping garbage. Even looking at the rankings, Myanmar doesn't qualify as a democracy for obvious reasons, Haiti is almost at the bottom of the list and India isn't even halfway up. So yes, it does seem that you're both bad faith and retarded. Point clear? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Ranking

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