A Conspiracy of Silence
Hidden Brain
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Preference Falsification - What Did We See Before the Wall Came Down?
Temor has studied societies with widespread preference falsification. The phenomenon can be hard to spot, because people don't go round waving a flag saying that they are falsifying their preferences. One way to spot it is when one regime comes to an end and a new one suddenly springs up in its place. That's what happened in east germany in 19 89 when the berlin war came down. Thousands of east germans came across the border to day - so many that border police lost count.
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