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by hindsightbias 1009 days ago
And most of those many will flip on a dime. Invading Iraq had something like 70% public support and Afghanistan was even higher. Of course, you can't find most of those people now.

Because they're mostly flip-floppers based on their political ideologies.

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Or… because they have different information now than they had then… which is a completely rational and even desirable state of affairs.
They had all the information they needed then. Those chose wrong, they'll be mostly wrong now. Any ideological bent today is just as much a normie venture as it was then.
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