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> As with the Brexit referendum, those that lost complained afterward that the public was mislead And they weren't wrong. The problem unfortunately is that the
by abritinthebay 10y ago
> As with the Brexit referendum, those that lost complained afterward that the public was mislead
And they weren't wrong. The problem unfortunately is that the public, as a whole, just doesn't care.
They'd rather a comfortable, self-affirming, lie than an uncomfortable, intellectually challenging, truth.
- robhu 10y agoThe fact of the matter is that both sides believed the other side was lying during the campaign (e.g. Osborne's punishment budget, Cameron saying he'd invoke article 50, and Project Fear in general).
- abritinthebay 10y agoMaybe, but the Leave campaign provably lied (and was exposed as such even during the campaign. Result: no-one cared. It was never about truth, it was about emotion