What happened to Truth?
When did it become ok to lie?
When did we stop caring about the truth, and accept lies?
When did we stop questioning what was really happening, and accept lies without a second thought?
It is to the point where I daresay it is an epidemic. Worse than any disease, worse than any threat of war…lies have become perfectly acceptable in the reporting of the news, in political discourse, our schools, our workplaces…everywhere.
Lies of every size, shape and color have begun to dominate us. We have allowed lies to be facts, allowed liars to gain power and control. We have stopped demanding truth.
Why? How did this come about? When did we simply give up the fight for truth, stop demanding facts, and allow lies to take hold?
Look at our society. We don’t even question anymore that our politicians are lying. We expect it. I don’t care which side you are on – THEY ALL LIE. If it will get them into power, they will tell whatever lies they want. AND WE LET THEM.
Oil companies care ONLY ABOUT THE MONEY. Why are we paying almost $4 a gallon for gas right now? Because the oil companies want BILLIONS in profits. Do people understand that a PROFIT is money above and beyond operating costs? That profit is money in the pockets of the executives, and not job creation? WHY DO WE ACCEPT THIS AS OK?
Banks care ONLY ABOUT THE MONEY. They hold onto it so tightly their knuckles are white. Does anyone question the credit system, the scoring system in this country that has left so many in debt and near poverty? Does anyone get properly outraged when supposedly failing organizations are paying executives outrageous bonuses? WHEN DID LIES BECOME OK?
Somewhere in my youth, I was told that lying was BAD. That liars and cheaters never win. Apparently, this is no longer true – because lying and cheating to win has become acceptable. WHY? How come we have allowed this? Why don’t we care about the truth anymore?
If you do not believe our society as we know it on the verge of a collapse – then you are buying all the lies you are being fed. LOOK AT HISTORY. Rome fell. Why? Because of greed and corruption and LIES.
I want to share with you an important truth – LIES ARE UNSUSTAINABLE. Eventually, they will falter, and fail, and fall. Do you believe that a government, an economy, or a society can survive if it is built upon lies? The answer is NO. The lies will be our undoing.
Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq? A lie. Obama’s health care will cause the creation of Death Panels? A lie. If the monster corporation doesn’t get a tax break, they’ll send jobs overseas? A lie. Your personal security is threatened by terrorists or gay marriage or abortion rights? LIES.
Make it stop! We need to stop letting them all lie to us, and we need to stop accepting that liars are ok. WE MUST DEMAND TRUTH.
We have to stop rolling over and letting lie upon lie build up our world. We need to DEMAND the truth. Tell them their lies are NOT acceptable. That cheating to win is WRONG. We need to demand that the media fact checks, and calls these liars out on their lies. WE need to check facts and call out the liars on their lies.
It starts with me. It starts with you. WE have to stop lying. We have to stop letting the people around us lie. WE have to be truthful. WE have to demand truth from those around us. We have to end our support of these liars and cheaters and the unsustainable world they are creating.
PLEASE think about this. Please consider how much more powerful TRUTH is. It might hurt. It might sometimes be unpleasant. But it cannot be avoided or ignored forever. Without more truth in this world, all we have built will collapse around us, because a lie will not be sustained forever.
We CAN fix this. WE have the power. Let’s do something with it, and stop letting the lies shape our world.
Stop accepting the lies. Start questioning the truth. Start demanding truth. Do not allow the liars and the cheaters power. Let’s work together, employing TRUTH, rejecting LIES, and heal the divisions that the lies have created.
I know NO ONE who wants to be lied to. So why are we allowing this to go on unchecked?
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