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{{quote|"They voted for the impossible, and the disastrous possible happened instead"|History lesson (talking about ''us''), [[Robert Heinlein]], ''[[Starship Troopers (novel)|Starship Troopers]]''}}
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==== Also called ====
* Argumentum ad populum ("appeal to the people")
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131115060707/http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/appeal-to-common-practice.html Appeal to Common Practice]
* [[Quality by Popular Vote]]
* Any relevant population figure (sixty million Frenchmen, a billion Chinese, etc.)
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'''Bob:''' Bah, it's just propaganda. If it were really bad for you, why would millions of people do it, hm? }}
::This is the standard version; the belief that a large group is incapable of being incorrect. The fallacy can also be inverted, however, with [[It's Popular, Now It Sucks|popularity being taken as a sign something is ''wrong'']]:
{{quote|'''Bob:''' Alice, what's that terrible noise coming out of your speakers? I thought you liked The Band.
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