Psychological Tricks That Politicians Use to Manipulate Us

Repeating Lies Over And Over Again

The propagandist and second in command of the Third Reich, Joseph Goebbels (pictured above), once said “repeat a lie often enough, and it becomes the truth.” This was a cornerstone of his immoral philosophy to tell whatever lies necessary in order to further Hitler’s globe-spanning agenda and exterminate all Jewish people. He tried every propaganda trick in the book, and came up with quite a few new tricks as well, but repeating basic, simple lies over and over was one of his favorites. Now, researchers had always wondered just how true Goebbels’ famous saying really was, so they sought to understand it better.