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Message density and peer pressure is my guess.

I've long wondered if it's easier to influence people in more densely populated areas. There's so much concentrated advertising and messaging to such a large number of people, it seems inescapable.

What constantly reinforces this idea is the amount of, what appears to be emotionally driven political conversation that comes from densely populated areas.




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