Liar, liar, pants on fire!

Agree, hilda, very well written article highlighting the danger of the acceptance of the untruthful world we live in.

Is it possible to read this article without being stopped by the paywall, hilda?

(Actually, you can very often get round it by googling the article's title, so what is its title?)

I think this quote might be relevant to your comment, minesaprosecco

The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists. - Hannah Arendt

It should be essential to teach everyone- not just children, to question the "news" they hear, whether in the MSM, online or by word of mouth.

This is now far more difficult than it has ever been, and far more important. Just remember that there are people in North Korea who genuinely believe that they are living in the most wonderful country in the world.

Hannah Arendt also said:

Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda
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The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

She won't be sacked thought will she? They just keep getting away with it and people just keep voting for them. I despair!