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Fractalguy at 17:45, 3 January 2024

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	[[Universalist]] interpretations avoid this by refusing to put any humans in the out-group.		[[Universalist]] interpretations avoid this by refusing to put any humans in the out-group.

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Fractalguy at 19:01, 20 June 2023

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	The ''Big Lie'' at the time of this writing refers to the embrace of election conspiracy theories by the American right wing following the 2020 presidential election.		The ''Big Lie'' at the time of this writing refers to the embrace of election [[conspiracy theories]] by the American [[right wing]] following the 2020 presidential election.

	Authoritarians in general use tactics like the ''Big Lie'' to force their supporters to fully commit to their cause by embracing a falsehood so egregious that no reasonable person would believe it, thus drawing a clear distinction between political loyalists and everyone else. Once a person abandons their critical thinking in favor of social and political acceptance, they become blind followers who can be easily persuaded to commit irrational and immoral acts in the name of their cause. Once the lie is believed, saying no to the liar means admitting you believed one of the most obvious and damning lies ever told, and the [[ego]] will not go quietly into that good night.		[[Authoritarians]] in general use tactics like the ''Big Lie'' to force their supporters to fully commit to their cause by embracing a falsehood so egregious that no reasonable person would believe it, thus drawing a clear distinction between political loyalists and everyone else. Once a person abandons their critical thinking in favor of social and political acceptance, they become blind followers who can be easily persuaded to commit irrational and immoral acts in the name of their cause. Once the lie is believed, saying no to the liar means admitting you believed one of the most obvious and damning lies ever told, and the [[ego]] will not go quietly into that good night.

	[[Fundamentalist]] [[religion]] uses a similar tactic by encouraging believers to wholeheartedly believe that [[allegory]] is [[literal]] [[truth]]. Without literalism there is not necessarily a ''Big Lie'' effect, since the believer is free to adopt an interpretation that doesn't obviously contradict reality. [[Religion]] in general does provide a set of fantastical beliefs that nobody who is raised outside of that religion would ever espouse, thus making it easy to determine who is a member of the [[in-group]] and who is not.		[[Fundamentalist]] [[religion]] uses a similar tactic by encouraging believers to wholeheartedly believe that [[allegory]] is [[literal]] [[truth]]. Without [[literalism]] there is not necessarily a ''Big Lie'' effect, since the believer is free to adopt an interpretation that doesn't obviously contradict reality. [[Religion]] in general does provide a set of fantastical beliefs that nobody who is raised outside of that religion would ever espouse, thus making it easy to determine who is a member of the [[in-group]] and who is not.

	[[Religion]] could be seen as laying the groundwork for acceptance of ''Big Lies'' later in political life.		[[Religion]] could be seen as laying the groundwork for acceptance of ''Big Lies'' later in political life.

	[[Universalist]] interpretations avoid this by refusing to put any humans in the out-group.		[[Universalist]] interpretations avoid this by refusing to put any humans in the out-group.

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The ''Big Lie'' at the time of this writing refers to the embrace of election conspiracy theories by the American right wing following the 2020 presidential election.

Authoritarians in general use tactics like the ''Big Lie'' to force their supporters to fully commit to their cause by embracing a falsehood so egregious that no reasonable person would believe it, thus drawing a clear distinction between political loyalists and everyone else. Once a person abandons their critical thinking in favor of social and political acceptance, they become blind followers who can be easily persuaded to commit irrational and immoral acts in the name of their cause. Once the lie is believed, saying no to the liar means admitting you believed one of the most obvious and damning lies ever told, and the [[ego]] will not go quietly into that good night.

[[Fundamentalist]] [[religion]] uses a similar tactic by encouraging believers to wholeheartedly believe that [[allegory]] is [[literal]] [[truth]]. Without literalism there is not necessarily a ''Big Lie'' effect, since the believer is free to adopt an interpretation that doesn't obviously contradict reality. [[Religion]] in general does provide a set of fantastical beliefs that nobody who is raised outside of that religion would ever espouse, thus making it easy to determine who is a member of the [[in-group]] and who is not.

[[Religion]] could be seen as laying the groundwork for acceptance of ''Big Lies'' later in political life.

[[Universalist]] interpretations avoid this by refusing to put any humans in the out-group.