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Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups (lemmy.world)

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Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population

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[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The average person is easily manipulated by propaganda. Highly intelligent people who should know better are easily manipulated by propaganda. This is why propaganda is so dangerous and should be tightly controlled.

[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

A great ideal so long as you're the one in charge of deciding what propaganda is.