Are we voluntarily living a life of lies?


Some cultures do have them: Around the world, fictitious ghouls, monsters or evil enemies are used to instil fear in children and command obedience.

The strategy of instilling fear in our childhood was so effective that it is carried on into life, including in the political realm, where politicians have become adept at creating a bogeyman to make the citizens and voters do their bidding.

WOULD anyone call me mad if I say that the majority of us are mostly living a voluntary life of lies?

Not only do we live the lies but believe and defend those lies as the immutable truth. The lies have become so pervasive over the centuries and entrenched in our psyche that most of us will find it hard to swim out of the pool of deceit even though it is hurting us. In fact, we would detest and even be willing to punish severely those who unravel the deceit that is engulfing our lives. He will be ostracised, labelled an insane person or a disrupter of peace or simply brushed aside as an idiotic fool who is bound to be unsuccessful in life – for the idea that the majority can actually be living a life of lies is unthinkable. We may even advise him, who wants to save our lives, to be pragmatic and realistic enough to embrace the lies!

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