There is that famous Solhenitsyn quote to the effect that they lied, we knew they were lying, and they knew we knew they were lying, but they did it anyway. I think this is something like that.
Somehow--and I am seeing this on this thread TODAY--even if these people know their leaders are lying, as long as it is a congenial lie, they are …
There is that famous Solhenitsyn quote to the effect that they lied, we knew they were lying, and they knew we knew they were lying, but they did it anyway. I think this is something like that.
Somehow--and I am seeing this on this thread TODAY--even if these people know their leaders are lying, as long as it is a congenial lie, they are fine with it. It makes them feel better.
It's a mental illness I don't really understand. However,, I seem to have all the defects in myself that I see in everyone else, so I will introspect on it a while. It's certainly very foreign to my own patterns of thought and behavior, and obviously inimical to an honest and functional society, but it is there, so we need to try and understand it.
There is that famous Solhenitsyn quote to the effect that they lied, we knew they were lying, and they knew we knew they were lying, but they did it anyway. I think this is something like that.
Somehow--and I am seeing this on this thread TODAY--even if these people know their leaders are lying, as long as it is a congenial lie, they are fine with it. It makes them feel better.
It's a mental illness I don't really understand. However,, I seem to have all the defects in myself that I see in everyone else, so I will introspect on it a while. It's certainly very foreign to my own patterns of thought and behavior, and obviously inimical to an honest and functional society, but it is there, so we need to try and understand it.