Big lies are yammered over and over and over. I don\u2019t believe them. I know the facts. Why would anyone else believe them?<\/p>\n
Because…<\/p>\n
Repeat something often enough, brazenly enough and aggressively enough to people dazed enough by the cacophony around them, and they will lose their bearings enough to believe anything… \u2013<\/em> Roger Cohen, New York Times columnist<\/p>\n If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the consequences of the lie.<\/em> \u2013 Joseph Goebbels<\/p>\n And…<\/p>\n The great masses of the people…will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.<\/em><\/p>\n All propaganda has to be popular and has to adapt its spiritual level to the perception of the least intelligent of those towards whom it intends to direct itself.<\/em><\/p>\n The last two quotes come from Adolph Hitler. Please note his contempt for \u201cthe people,\u201d i.e., his followers, his believers. He pitched the Big Lie to people he called \u201cleast intelligent.\u201d<\/p>\n If you are prone to believe the big lie, remember the person telling it thinks you\u2019re stupid, and despises you for it.<\/p>\n Whether the liar is delusional enough to believe his own big lie is irrelevant.<\/p>\n Whether he convinces you to believe him, is.<\/p>\n —From a chapter of my forthcoming book, How I Learned The Facts of Life<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Big lies are yammered over and over and over. I don\u2019t believe them. I know the facts. Why would anyone else believe them? Because… Repeat something often enough, brazenly enough and aggressively enough to people dazed enough by the cacophony … Continue reading