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Dimitry Toukhcher

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Dimitry Toukhcher: How Truth Gets Erased Before Power Takes Over | DSH #1754

Well, they'll say something about women in general, right?

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Dimitry Toukhcher: How Truth Gets Erased Before Power Takes Over | DSH #1754

And I'll show you how this ties together.

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Dimitry Toukhcher: How Truth Gets Erased Before Power Takes Over | DSH #1754

And then they'll be like, you know, women don't really date short guys.

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Dimitry Toukhcher: How Truth Gets Erased Before Power Takes Over | DSH #1754

That'll be something they'll say.

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Dimitry Toukhcher: How Truth Gets Erased Before Power Takes Over | DSH #1754

And then some woman will be like, well, I'm dating a short guy.

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Dimitry Toukhcher: How Truth Gets Erased Before Power Takes Over | DSH #1754

Right, right.

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Dimitry Toukhcher: How Truth Gets Erased Before Power Takes Over | DSH #1754

So you're taking something that's factually accurate because you can look at the data and see that women actually select out-of-dating shorter men on dating websites.

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Dimitry Toukhcher: How Truth Gets Erased Before Power Takes Over | DSH #1754

And you're replacing it with an anecdote.

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Dimitry Toukhcher: How Truth Gets Erased Before Power Takes Over | DSH #1754

But my friend, you know, it's like that doesn't work like that.

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Dimitry Toukhcher: How Truth Gets Erased Before Power Takes Over | DSH #1754

So the AIPAC argument is like, you know, they're powerful, blah, blah, blah.

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Dimitry Toukhcher: How Truth Gets Erased Before Power Takes Over | DSH #1754

So there's a guy named Thomas Sowell who was one of the greatest economists of all time.

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Dimitry Toukhcher: How Truth Gets Erased Before Power Takes Over | DSH #1754

And Thomas Sowell has three ways to evaluate decisions to see if you understand it.

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Dimitry Toukhcher: How Truth Gets Erased Before Power Takes Over | DSH #1754

And the first thing is compare to what?

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Dimitry Toukhcher: How Truth Gets Erased Before Power Takes Over | DSH #1754

So APAC spends $3 million a year on lobbying.

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Dimitry Toukhcher: How Truth Gets Erased Before Power Takes Over | DSH #1754

And you might say $3 million a year, what does that mean?

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Dimitry Toukhcher: How Truth Gets Erased Before Power Takes Over | DSH #1754

Well, to put into perspective, the American Realtors Association spends 85 million a year on lobbying, okay?

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Dimitry Toukhcher: How Truth Gets Erased Before Power Takes Over | DSH #1754

So by a factor of about 30x, the American Realtor Association is more powerful than the AIPAC lobby in the United States.

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Dimitry Toukhcher: How Truth Gets Erased Before Power Takes Over | DSH #1754

$3 million a year.

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Dimitry Toukhcher: How Truth Gets Erased Before Power Takes Over | DSH #1754

This is verifiable information.

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Dimitry Toukhcher: How Truth Gets Erased Before Power Takes Over | DSH #1754

I thought it was way more for some reason.