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Shankar vetante: totalitarian states create ideal conditions for the formation of preference falsification. We've looked at preference falsification in north corea, the soviet union and other repressive regimes. But is that true? When we come back, we'll take a closer look at preference falsifying in the united states.

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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