Comments by "Itinerant Patriot" (@itinerantpatriot1196) on "Why Lying to Yourself is Ruining Your Life" video.

  1. We live in a post-truth society. Lies have become institutionalized, usually under the guise of compassion. We were told to lave people be since their delusion didn't involve us, until it did. Now, not only are we expected to play along, we face punishment if we don't. This didn't happen overnight. People have been softened up for this moment for a while now. The question: "What's a woman?" would be absurd only a few years ago. Now? Now, if you know what's good for you, you won't ask it all. You'll just accept that a man can strip next to a little girl or be called a bigot for trying to defend that girl. Lies are evil. The father of all lies is evil. People who lie aren't necessarily evil, but they play an evil game. I still believe in the end the weight of all these lies will become too much and the contradictions they create will no longer be pacified by cognitive dissonance, a condition which can be sustained on an individual basis but cannot hold up at the group level for an extended period of time. Eventually, the little boy shows up who declares the emperor has no clothes and everyone realizes it's okay to admit the little boy is right. The problem is, not living the lie is the first step. Fixing the damage the lie has done is another thing entirely. It's going to be a big job, one we are not capable of handling on our own. In order to really deal with the problem you have to eliminate the source, and that is trickiest step of all.
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