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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 11 months 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.

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[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 11 months ago (3 children)

communism has killed 100 million people

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 17 points 11 months ago (2 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.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Even using their numbers, if the choice is between 100 million people and every single living thing on the planet, communism sounds like a pretty good deal.

[–] JustMy2c@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Comunism always sounds like a pretty good deal. UNFORTUNATELY IT'S LEADERS ARE ALWAYS CORRUPT

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[–] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well it's at least 75 million so what's another 25?

[–] JustMy2c@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Those 25 can easily be added by deaths in Cuba venezuela and many more dictatorships with the comunism propaganda activated

[–] JustMy2c@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, it's wayyyyyy more