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@ -8,4 +8,9 @@ So if you tell someone "You shouldn't do this because it's bad" and he replies "
The effect is of course abused by politicians: once you get a certain number of people moving in a certain shared direction, others will follow just by the need to mimic others. Note that just creating an illusion (using the tricks of [marketing](marketing.md)) of "everyone doing something" is enough -- that's why you see 150 year old grandmas in ads using modern smartphones -- it's to force old people into thinking that other old people are using smartphones so they have to do it as well.
Another potentially valid use of the argument is in the meaning of "everyone does it so I am FORCED to do it as well". For example an employer could argue "I have to abuse my employees otherwise I'll lose the edge on the market and will be defeated by those who continue to abuse their employees". This is very true but it seems like many people don't see or intend this meaning.
Another potentially valid use of the argument is in the meaning of "everyone does it so I am FORCED to do it as well". For example an employer could argue "I have to abuse my employees otherwise I'll lose the edge on the market and will be defeated by those who continue to abuse their employees". This is very true but it seems like many people don't see or intend this meaning.
## See Also
- [they do it too](they_do_it_too.md)
- [just doing my job](just_doing_my_job.md)