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Originally Posted by mayabong
?If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.?
-Joseph Goebbels famous Nazi
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For the government, you don't have to tell a lie and get people to believe it. You just have to get enough bullshit in the mix to create confusion.
Scare a herd of sheep from multiple directions and they all cram up close together and move as one big group. Do it to your population and you have the freedom to do whatever you want to them with their blessing.
Not that I am saying the US government was involved in the attacks, but they certainly took advantage of the resulting chaos and fear.