re: Gas(shortage)lighting - This Is What We're Up Against

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"if everyone people believes a lie, is it really a lie?"

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no kidding, although I think the reality is even more sinister

NYT knows it is lying, a huge swath of America knows they're lying

NYT knows that when they force feed us a lie, they'll get backing from all the other media outlets, corporations, etc. - save for a handful of entities the rest can deem conspiratorial/crazy/extreme

They also know if you go to your office or a social gathering and start going "did you see the footage on NewsMax or Tucker Carlson showing all the long lines" people will look at you like you've got a second head. Not because they necessarily believe NYT or can't believe Tucker, but because they can't risk agreeing with you in our increasingly social-credit system.

In sum, I think this type of stuff is less about convincing you a lie is true, and more about putting an implied threat out there about calling out the lie. But to your point - if everyone goes along with the lie, is it really a lie? - is just as valid.