Sunday, March 17, 2019

2+2 equal 5

Can you believe that there are people that really believe this?

A propaganda poster in Soviet Russia:



It isn't relegated to the Soviets, though.   The Nazis used it too.  The Iranians have used it in recent times.  The idea behind it is coercive persuasion, aka brainwashing.  If enough force is applied to an individual, you can get them to believe and say anything.

By the way, on a related note, there was this post... there are four lights!


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