A big lie (German: große Lüge) is a propagandatechnique. The expression was coined by Adolf Hitler, when he dictated his 1925 book Mein Kampf, about the use of a lie so "colossal" that no one would believe that someone "could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously" - ThreadSky

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viewfromargus.bsky.social • 104 days ago

A big lie (German: große Lüge) is a propagandatechnique. The expression was coined by Adolf Hitler, when he dictated his 1925 book Mein Kampf, about the use of a lie so "colossal" that no one would believe that someone "could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously"

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retiredsurgassist.bsky.social•93 days ago

millifre.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hi George please can you give me a follow back

ingemarknows.bsky.social•59 days ago

Yep. And here’s the Lie of the year: https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/dec/17/theyre-eating-the-pets-trump-vance-earn-politifact/

viewfromargus.bsky.social•59 days ago

Yes

topcat1995.bsky.social•9 days ago

Oh dear. I'm refreshing my high school German via Duolingo and German words often crack me up. Now I'm always going to think of Mango Mussolini as "The Gross Loogie" 😂

viewfromargus.bsky.social•9 days ago

betterpath.bsky.social•86 days ago

The big lie wouldn't work if we didn't have media to amplify it. If something is said often enough, and if enough sources repeat it, the lie becomes 'true'. Can't prevent people from listening to their preferred information sources. The more these echo each other, the more a lie becomes 'fact'.

topcat1995.bsky.social•9 days ago

👆

gallopinginkblot.bsky.social•92 days ago

And yet, here we are, where colossal lies are standard issue, and the gullible 50% swallow them like tictacs and beg for more...

viewfromargus.bsky.social•92 days ago

https://newrepublic.com/post/188197/trump-media-information-landscape-fox

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