"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?

Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 365 points –

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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USA Civil War: It was only the Southern states that were racist.

USA Civil War: The Confederacy was "only fighting for its way of life". With the hope that most USA'ians will assume that "its way of life" was anything but slavery.