Sometimes they have to fib to get us to do the right thing.
Bill Maher recently said wrt this :”Americans are too f...ing stupid to be told the truth”
I am assuming he excludes himself from that.
Americans reject Socialism. It is slavery to the State and denies basic human rights of liberty and self-determination.
The shackles of Socialism are not easily broken.
“WE gon’ put y’all back in chains!” - VP Biden (paraphrased to get at his REAL meaning)