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Unfortunately, I suspect some Americans would still call it 'winning' (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] Signtist@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Of course we would. If the news said "we're doing great" we'll think we're doing great. The vast majority of Americans will do 0 research at all into the actual state of the war, and either believe the news because it said so, or disbelieve the news because it said so.

[โ€“] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

'Cause America can, and America can't say no And America does, if America says it's so It's so