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[-] SnotFlickerman 74 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

All this was inspired by the principle – which is quite true within itself – that in the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods.

It would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will continue to think there may be some other explanation. For the grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down, a fact which is known to all expert liars in this world and to all who conspire together in the art of lying.

  • Adolf Hilter, Mein Kampf

Let's dispel with this fiction that Elon Musk doesn't know what he is doing. He knows exactly what he is doing.

(Fuck you, Marco Rubio, I'm stealing your bitch ass quote and detourning that shit.)

Musk may be an idiot in a lot of ways, but he knows how to leverage his power over others.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 46 points 2 days ago

Musk may be an idiot in a lot of ways, but he knows how to leverage his power over others.

This is comically easy to do when you wield unconscionable amounts of economic power. I don't think that makes Musk "not an idiot" in any way.

[-] TheFogan@programming.dev 19 points 1 day ago

He knows how to win a knife fight... step 1, bring 300 allies with semi automatic weapons... 2. Don't actually step into the arena.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Wow, that's some terrible writing.

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