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by supremesaboteur 3246 days ago
> at that point they'll "correct" with a new holocaust

Seriously ?

2 comments

Your question is a bit cryptic. But yes, I believe tragedies on the scale of the the holocaust and the american civil war are a regular occurrence in human history and we've not seen the last of them yet. I think conservative estimates of climate change related deaths are already in that ballpark.

The death toll for the Iraq war was about a million dead for example, and likely only happened due to the influences described in the article, taking advantage of 9/11 (e.g. the surveys showing that Fox News viewers were more likely to believe Iraq perpetrated 9/11 than people who watched no news at all).

> Fox News viewers were more likely to believe Iraq perpetrated 9/11 than people who watched no news at all

They can be forgiven that considering that W perpetuated that lie as readily as the news outlets.

It's the pendulum I spoke of earlier at play.

Love your HN bio BTW. Too funny.