โฒ 370 โผ "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 537 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[โ] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 92 points 2 years ago (6 children) Americans with their 'greatest nation on earth' charade. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [โ] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 36 points 2 years ago (1 child) It has a name: American exceptionalism. It's used both by people who know it's a lie and by people who believe it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] creamed_eels@toast.ooo 9 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [โ] Rooskie91@discuss.online 18 points 2 years ago (3 children) Most of what people believe about America's history is post WWII mythmaking and revision. It's a shame because the labor movement in America has a fascinating history, and we're about to relive it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [โ] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) The shoot-outs are going to be 100x better this time permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] Rooskie91@discuss.online 2 points 2 years ago Can't wait to be teabagged by a Boston Dynamics robo dog after it murders my whole family for paying my Amazon Prime 2 days late! permalink fedilink source parent [โ] bermuda@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago Not even that. Politicians in even just the generation after Washington deified the framers of the Constitution, even when the remaining alive ones protested against it. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 36 points 2 years ago (1 child) It has a name: American exceptionalism. It's used both by people who know it's a lie and by people who believe it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] creamed_eels@toast.ooo 9 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Rooskie91@discuss.online 18 points 2 years ago (3 children) Most of what people believe about America's history is post WWII mythmaking and revision. It's a shame because the labor movement in America has a fascinating history, and we're about to relive it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [โ] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) The shoot-outs are going to be 100x better this time permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] Rooskie91@discuss.online 2 points 2 years ago Can't wait to be teabagged by a Boston Dynamics robo dog after it murders my whole family for paying my Amazon Prime 2 days late! permalink fedilink source parent [โ] bermuda@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago Not even that. Politicians in even just the generation after Washington deified the framers of the Constitution, even when the remaining alive ones protested against it. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) The shoot-outs are going to be 100x better this time permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] Rooskie91@discuss.online 2 points 2 years ago Can't wait to be teabagged by a Boston Dynamics robo dog after it murders my whole family for paying my Amazon Prime 2 days late! permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Rooskie91@discuss.online 2 points 2 years ago Can't wait to be teabagged by a Boston Dynamics robo dog after it murders my whole family for paying my Amazon Prime 2 days late! permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] bermuda@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago Not even that. Politicians in even just the generation after Washington deified the framers of the Constitution, even when the remaining alive ones protested against it. permalink fedilink source parent