You can fool some of the people, all of the time
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You can fool some of the people, all of the time
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Re: You can fool some of the people, all of the time
#2You can fool 1000 persons one time.
You can fool 1 person 1000 times.
But you can't fool 1000 persons 1000 times.
Some people will know what I'm talking about :), the rest can just downvote this.
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Re: You can fool some of the people, all of the time
#4You can fool 1000 persons one time. You can fool 1 person 1000 times. But you can't fool 1000 persons 1000 times. Some people will know what I'm talking about :), the rest can just downvote this.
See: Stock markets & trade agreement w/ China
You CAN fool 1000's of people 1000's of times
Re: You can fool some of the people, all of the time
#5You can fool 1000 persons one time. You can fool 1 person 1000 times. But you can't fool 1000 persons 1000 times. Some people will know what I'm talking about :), the rest can just downvote this.
Don't let the world not understand your comment ;-)
It is a reference to La cité de la peur, a French parodic movie by "Les Nuls". Yes, the title of this post also made me think about it too. I wonder if good translations in other languages exist, but it seems pretty hard to do.
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#7Re: You can fool some of the people, all of the time
#8You can fool 1000 persons one time. You can fool 1 person 1000 times. But you can't fool 1000 persons 1000 times. Some people will know what I'm talking about :), the rest can just downvote this.
Yes, that is a well known phrase and what the Economist is alluding to here.
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#10My pet theory is that democracy is more tolerable because it alternates between incompetent people fast enough to keep people's hopes alive.