The notion of Truth has been purposely eroded and manipulated so that
people can believe anything they want to believe without consequence or
responsibility for their choice. But Truth doesn't work that way.
There is such a thing as Absolute Truth in this reality.
Sound bites of relative truth controlled by spin doctors to represent 'the truth of the day' for purposes of control or confusion don't count. The effects of pursuing 'truth' seen through ideology, bias, ignorance, laziness or aims of its adherents include oppression, corruption, and scarcity so men stay weak and poor and many die.
There is such a thing as Absolute Truth in this reality.
Sound bites of relative truth controlled by spin doctors to represent 'the truth of the day' for purposes of control or confusion don't count. The effects of pursuing 'truth' seen through ideology, bias, ignorance, laziness or aims of its adherents include oppression, corruption, and scarcity so men stay weak and poor and many die.
The sad part is, we all have a
'gut feeling' of what that absolute truth is. There is also a body of
wisdom literature transcending time, culture, and geography that helps
serve as reference points. It just has become more convenient to make
truth something that fits the moment so we can feel justified in our actions or
non-actions or gratuitous self-satisfaction.
Societies and Cultures need Truth. Without truth, we don’t have trust. Without trust, we don’t have rule of law. Without the rule of law, we don’t have democracy or other forms of order and equity that makes a society committed to being civil.
It was the fascists who said, "Everyday life doesn’t matter. Every detail doesn’t matter. Facts don’t matter. All that matters is the message, the leader, the myth, the totality." We should be remembering the world destabilization such thinking those messages and that leadership brought to the 1920s-1940s. That's absolute truth.
Societies and Cultures need Truth. Without truth, we don’t have trust. Without trust, we don’t have rule of law. Without the rule of law, we don’t have democracy or other forms of order and equity that makes a society committed to being civil.
It was the fascists who said, "Everyday life doesn’t matter. Every detail doesn’t matter. Facts don’t matter. All that matters is the message, the leader, the myth, the totality." We should be remembering the world destabilization such thinking those messages and that leadership brought to the 1920s-1940s. That's absolute truth.
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