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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 2 years ago by 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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[โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Not if the American automotive industry has anything to say about it. The whole country has been built around making walking impossible or too dangerous to attempt, just to maximise car sales at the expense of citizens' freedoms.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    I don't doubt it, I just don't understand it.

    You don't have to walk on the roads. Is there no grass or dirt nearby to walk on?

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    Why have grass or dirt when you can have roads..? Grass and dirt sell no cars.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    But what is next to the road

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

    Judging by the pictures I've seen of the US, and google maps street view, more road, or parking lots. Sometimes, but not often, short stretches of sidewalk, often not wide enough to walk on safely, regularly interrupted by lampposts and whatnot.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 years ago

    Do you have any examples? I'm picturing suburbia with houses next to houses and fences blocking everything except driveways that lead to roads that go nowhere except driveways for miles until hitting the highway.

    But that just seems like a lazy video game set piece. I can't imagine it in reality

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