Why Do Smart People Believe Lies? 5-Minute Videos PragerU

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Aug 24, 20266:13Education

Convince someone to believe what they know is false, and you hold real power over them. Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, and Mao led entire nations into the abyss by manipulating this power. Can such a thing happen in America? It...

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