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If you kill the truth, then there are no facts. If nobody has facts, they must trust someone to lead them. Then you can rule.

To get rid of a democracy, you habe to kill the truth first.

Timothy Snyder

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Nonsense. When have people not trusted others to tell them what's true? When have they not been manipulated as a result? If that kills democracy, then it was dead from birth. Democracy persists, imperfect though it is, despite these facts. If it dies, it won't be because someone "invented" fake news. It's more likely to die because people believe it can't safely be practiced because of things like fake news.

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