What is happening?
How can intelligent, educated people fervently believe demonstrable falsehoods simply because a leader—a known liar, cheat, and failed opportunist—declares them? We all recognize the type: the charismatic demagogue who sells dreams but delivers only betrayal. Common sense ceases to function when it’s not applied. Yet so many suspend critical thinking to embrace blatant nonsense. Why? The Cult of the Chronic Liar Blind faith in pathological dishonesty isn’t just irrational—it’s tribal. People don’t follow such leaders despite the lies but because of them. The lies are loyalty tests. To question the leader is to betray the tribe. This is how cults operate—whether political or religious. The High Cost of Independent Thought I’ve paid for my skepticism: Spiritual groups (like Osho’s) were accused of “brainwashing,” yet they encouraged more critical thinking than mainstream society. The irony? It’s the masses who are truly brainwashed. Politics everywhere is a rigged duopoly: Germany’...