
The Noble Lie | The New Thinkery Ep. 94
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The Threat of Death Is Really Helpful
Acumi: A lie would be told after everybody over the ages kicked out. Its like a foundational lie that would then be perpetuated, right inie, in a political sense. The threat of death is really powerful. If you threaten the first generation with death, and therefore they won't say anything,. And they habituate their children to believe in the lies of the regime. Think about current modern de north karea, and and the lies that they tell about, ah, the little kims. Ina, kim jangel kim jangand all those guys, rint that they are semi divine, that they don't hoop. That's a scary thing for a
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