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President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that people in Gaza were using condoms provided by the United States to make bombs.

  • SwingingTheLamp@midwest.socialEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    Yes and no. It’s a loyalty test and a demonstration of power. The more obviously stupid the bullshit that you can get your followers to believe, the more powerful you must be, and the followers need a powerful daddy leader, so they buy it. It’s also a way to signal that you’re part of the in-group to others in the group.

    So they believe it, without concept of objective truth even being involved.