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3. Kicking. From a book review by Timothy Snyder:

Sat Jul 25, 2020, 11:34 AM

Jul 2020

Hitler believed in telling lies so big that their very scale left some residue of credibility.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/books/review/benjamin-carter-hett-death-of-democracy.html

When a society consists of somewhere between 30% and 35% of its population who believe not just small lies but Total Lies, what is that society to do?

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A cult so strong it cannot be de-programmed [View all] kentuck Jul 2020 OP

They are brain damaged at this point kimbutgar Jul 2020 #2

Kicking. From a book review by Timothy Snyder: Mike 03 Jul 2020 #3

Timothy Snyder is a hero cilla4progress Jul 2020 #4

The larger struggle.... kentuck Jul 2020 #5

Too many of the believers think this virus is hoax SallyHemmings Jul 2020 #6