![]() ![]() Lies have become part of the fabric of daily life.īut part of Arendt’s point in writing her essays on “ Lying in Politics” and “ Truth and Politics” which are cited so widely today was that we’ve never really been able to expect truth from politicians. For a long time campaigns have been run by Madison Avenue aficionados, so it shouldn’t alarm us that the lies have become so abundant and transparent that we almost expect them. Their laughter reveals something about the state of affairs we’re living in.įake news is nothing new in politics. ![]() ![]() When I’m lecturing on Hannah Arendt these days people usually laugh when I say that truth and politics have never been on good terms with one another, and that the lie has always been a justified tool in political dealings. “.how vulnerable is the whole texture of facts in which we spend our daily life it is always in danger of being perforated by single lies or torn to shreds by the organized lying of groups, nations, or classes.” (Hannah Arendt, “Lying in Politics: Reflections on The Pentagon Papers.”) ![]()
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