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defacto7

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36. I think most of the time it starts out as entertainment.

Reply to Prof. Toru Tanaka (Reply #32)

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 12:59 PM

15 hrs ago

But human nature throughout history has shown and science proven that if you repeat the same thing over and over or people listen to the same rhetoric long enough people will believe it no matter how absurd. It's brainwashing 101 and it's been used as a control device since at least the ancient Romans.

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