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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1377663)10/24/2022 2:13:19 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) of 1578127
 
What does it mean when you tell a lie that you don't believe, and you know I don't believe, but you tell it anyway because you need to stick to a predetermined narrative?

Russia's 'dirty bomb' claims fuel fears Putin is planning his own escalation in Ukraine (msn.com)

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“This is classic Russian ‘vranyo’ — a lie that I know you don’t believe, and I don’t believe it either. We both know that. But this is my story and I’m sticking to it,” Michael Clarke, a professor of war studies at King’s College London, told NBC News. “So it’s a clumsy double bluff,” he said, “trying to make the West frightened of pushing Moscow too hard.”

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It means you're living in a "post-truth" world, which is the trendy way of describing postmodernism.

It means that the truth is finally coming around to bite you in the ass, and that the longer you delay the inevitable, the more spectacular the downfall.

“Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid.” – Valery Legasov, Chernobyl

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