re: #103 Charles Johnson

The function of this kind of lying is not to obscure the truth, but to test who you have enough power over that they are willing to play along with the latest change.

Autocrats and narcissists have no use for the concept of validity. Truth, like everything else, is part of a power calculation. Veracity is relative to clout, just like morality is relative to clout, just like intelligence is moral to clout, etc.