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Pillars of Truth

Mendaciology of Civilization: It Takes an Army

Civilization has had a problem considerably predating the Internet. This is the problem of a kind of lie where dialogue about the lie is infeasible for any reason whatsoever.

In Mendaciology, the study of lies, these are called “fiat lies” — lies asserted by fiat without the opportunity for the dialogue needed to expose them as…