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4: Timur Kuran - The Economics of Revolution and Mass Deception

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The Theory of Preference Falsification

Theory starts to explain how, in a society, people's private and public preferences are somewhat aligned. They can go out of alignment very quickly. So i don't know if you've seen the video for example of sadam hussein coming to power at a bath party meeting. A in a rock which is fascinating. Ell, let's play with this little bit. I'm not sure i have seen some videos of sadam husein and bath party meetings. You see terror take over this auditorium because there's also cameras on stage,. And these names get read, and these people are being led out. Then the preference falsification sets in, and you start seeing the private

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