Lies Are the Health of the State

"Of course governments lie and always have. The state cannot maintain its grip on the people through violence alone – propaganda is an essential element in governance. Without a public ideology of statism, Leviathan cannot rule with a free hand. Such fictional dystopias as depicted in Orwell’s 1984 rely on lies outrageously brazen. Real-life totalitarian regimes deceive the world about the conditions endured by their people..."
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Lies Are the Health of the State by Anthony Gregory