• skisnow@lemmy.ca
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    12 hours ago

    I’m not sure anyone actually does fall for it per se; it’s one of those lies that literally everyone knows is a lie, but CEOs and corrupt politicians need it to be true in order to justify what they want to do next so they have to go through the process of saying it first.

    • Soup@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      You must have the pleasure of not knowing those people, then. A lot of people genuinely still believe in trickle-down economics and the like.