1. La Naturaleza Pervasiva y Descarada de la Mentira.
El archivo revela una profunda consternación por la facilidad, frecuencia y descaro con que se manifiestan las falsedades, sugiriendo que mentir se ha convertido en un acto tan natural como respirar para ciertos individuos.
- They lie as easily as they breathe.
- Amazing how they can lie and know that others know that they are lying, but they still go on as if nobody can see the lie.
- They lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie. And then, they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie and they lie.
2. El Conocimiento Mutuo de la Falsedad (El Ciclo del Engaño).
Una de las observaciones más recurrentes es la naturaleza meta-cognitiva del engaño: todos son conscientes de la mentira, pero el ciclo de falsedad persiste sin vergüenza ni consecuencias.
- They lie. We know they are lying. They know that they are lying. They even know that we know they are lying. We also know that they know we know they are lying. They, of course, know that we certainly know they know we know they are lying. Yet they still lie.
- They know they are lying. We know they are lying. They know we know they are lying. They lie anyway.
- The rules are simple, she writes. They lie to us, we know theyre lying, they know we know theyre lying, but they keep lying anyway, and we keep pretending to believe them.
3. El Propósito y Consecuencias de la Gran Mentira.
La repetición constante de la mentira se identifica como una táctica deliberada para manipular la percepción pública, erosionar la confianza en la verdad y, en última instancia, ejercer control.
- Tell a big lie! tell it over and over and over again! repeat the lie! all of a sudden it becomes the truth, but its still a big fucking lie.
- This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong.with such a people, you can do whatever you want.
- Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid.