When the government lies it is “for our own good”.
That was the “noble lie” theory of politics which the elites embrace.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_lie
Check out the passage on Leo Strauss—he was a major influence of folks like Bill Kristol...
That is one reason these folks hate Donald Trump. Donald Trump shined a bright light on their “noble lies”.
Yes.
And it was said early in the campaign about Trump by someone “Trump is a truthteller. People hate truthtellers and try to silence them. This has been true all through history.”