To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power, because there is no basis upon which to do so. If nothing is true, then all is spectacle. The biggest wallet pays for the most blinding lights. – From On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (p. 65) by Timothy Snyder.
Facts matter. Truth matters. Authoritarians lie both to present themselves as better than they are and to be liked or elected or feared – whatever emotion will get the authoritarian what they want. More, they want their followers to believe them, even when their lies are in conflict with each other.
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