Those who have survived totalitarian governments (e.g. Solzhenitzyn) and those who have prophesied such dangers (Orwell, Dalrymple) have noted that it begins by forcing people to accept and mouth little lies which soon enlarges to the most preposterous lies which westerners can hardly imagine. The little lie is a hole in the dike of our self-respect and it erodes quickly if not plugged immediately. The time to stop totalitarianism is at the beginning by refusing to lie to yourself or others.
Great post.
This must be resisted. Voting for Jenner to give California a few years of Republican-led government while sacrificing rational thought and the nature of truth is a foolish trade.