Shanker vedanto: After sedame jusein fell in a roc, it was hard to find people who were fans of sedam husein. And you see the same thing, of course, in other, in other countries, which are not necessarily divided on lines of communism versus capitalism. When we come back how leaders create preference falsification among their followers and dictators can get millions to fall in line.
We all self-censor at times. We keep quiet at dinner with our in-laws, or nod passively in a work meeting. But what happens when we take this deception a step further, and pretend we believe the opposite of what we really feel? In this favorite episode from 2020, economist and political scientist Timur Kuran explains how our personal, professional and political lives are shaped by the fear of what other people think.
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