[Thommas]

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is, indeed, a revolutionary act.

As truthful a pithy maxim as has ever been uttered. Furthermore, telling the truth, today, will get you fired from your job.

[cgbg]

The great analysts of truth and language in politics”---writes McGill University political philosophy professor Jacob T. Levy---including “George Orwell, Hannah Arendt, Vaclav Havel—can help us recognize this kind of lie for what it is....

Saying something obviously untrue, and making your subordinates repeat it with a straight face in their own voice, is a particularly startling display of power over them. It’s something that was endemic to totalitarianism.