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Stencil street art on a weathered wall. Black text reads "IF YOU REPEAT A LIE OFTEN ENOUGH, IT BECOMES TRUTH" with "TRUTH" struck through in red. Below it, red handwritten "POLITICS" is painted by a stenciled girl reaching up with a paintbrush.

Repeat a Lie Often Enough and It Becomes Politics

Banksy-style street art rewrites the old saying about repeating a lie so the result is "politics" instead of truth. A cynical jab at political spin.

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Stencil street art on a weathered wall. Black text reads "IF YOU REPEAT A LIE OFTEN ENOUGH, IT BECOMES TRUTH" with "TRUTH" struck through in red. Below it, red handwritten "POLITICS" is painted by a stenciled girl reaching up with a paintbrush.

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Black-and-white photo of an old dictionary page printed over with large bold gray capital letters reading: "IF IT CAN BE DESTROYED BY THE TRUTH IT DESERVES TO BE DESTROYED BY THE TRUTH" and below it, "CARL SAGAN". Hand-drawn colored-pencil map titled "Beyond Politics under attack" with stick figures, a sea, and a maze. Labels include Germany, France, Yellow Vests, NATO Article 5, Brexit, Fox News, Info Wars, Breitbart, Propaganda Machine, Active Measures, Stolen Elections, Voting Machines, Stolen Emails, Blackmail. Signed @gzikah, 2019. Two side-by-side photos under the heading "NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE". Left: a man in a dark suit places a blue-ribboned medal on a short-haired woman in a red jacket, captioned "TALK SHOW HOST". Right: a man places a medal on a gray-haired older man in a dark jacket, captioned "VIETNAM WAR HERO". Below, typewriter-style text reads: "You know what? I do see the difference! The guy on the left is awarding Ellen with the… Sticker on brushed metal showing a white rat with a spiked collar holding a black flag, riding a black winged creature in front of a red sun, with three black crows flying around. Text: "WHAT IS MORAL IS OFTEN ILLEGAL" and "MAKE ANARCHY A THREAT AGAIN". A pink-to-red sign mounted on a dark stone wall below a red brick wall, above a white-framed window. White text reads: "THE "GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE" PEOPLE SURE SEEM TO THINK A BOOK CAN MAKE YOU GAY." Small text at bottom right: "@NoahGarfinkel". A light blue sticker on a gray metal pole with hand-lettered black text: "There are girls with dicks, guys with vaginas, and transphobes without teeth." A circled anarchist A combined with a transgender symbol appears at the left and right ends.

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