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> Nowadays, the lies would have to be pretty nuanced to have an effect.

You mean like "Iraq has weapons of Mass Destruction, honest! So USA must preemptively invade a sovereign nation." Or, "Obama is a Muslim!" which 29% of polled people believed as late as 9/2015.

You vastly overestimate the sophistication of the American populace.



It's any populace, not just American.


And what's the rate of people believing in a God above?




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