Hitler and Nudge

We've seen numerous examples of how companies create an illusion of free choice when in fact they want us to choose one option over the other. The power of defaults takes advantage of our laziness and fear of making any changes when it comes to making complex, difficult, or big decisions.


Hitler seems to have had a few of these tricks up his sleeve as well, as seen here in this 1938 voting ballot:


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Translation: "Referendum and Großdeutscher Reichstag; Ballot; Do you agree with the reunification of Austria with the German Reich that was enacted on 13 March 1938 and do you vote for the party of our leader; Adolf Hitler?; Yes; No"



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Published on October 04, 2010 23:00
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