The OSS psychological profile of Hitler described his use of the big lie:
His primary rules were never allowing the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it.
Goebbels did describe the big lie in different language in an article he wrote in 1941, “Churchill’s Lie Factory,” but he was accusing the British of the ploy:
The English follow the principle that when one lies, one should lie big, and stick to it. They keep up their lies, even at the risk of looking ridiculous.
Pay attention to the last sentence — where the liars keep up their lies even at the risk of looking ridiculous.
Have you ever felt as though the lying, gas lighting and propaganda about COVID-19 is looking ridiculous? Alleged Conspiracy theorists have pointed this out constantly and have been accused of lying, or they have been banned from Facebook or fact checked for even the most trivial things.
But something happened that immediately vindicated the so-called conspiracy theorists.
Having spent months mercilessly removing any claims that the COVID-19 may not have evolved naturally, Facebook said it will no longer do so. The move comes as Wuhan lab-leak theory is gaining mainstream attention.