Lying is required

[SilentSadness]

Something I have come to realise is that lying is necessary to stay safe and succeed in this society. Not just in rare circumstances, it's a rule of the game and people who lie consistently are much better off. Honesty is actively persecuted and discouraged and treated as weakness. And for most people, lying is only a small fraction of the horrors they commit.

 

[CatLvr]

You are definitely not wrong. At least from where I stand.

 

[WrathfulGloom32]

Yes.

 

[Ghostinplainsight]

Agreed

 

[Forever Sleep]

I realised this too. Especially in relation to job applications/ aptitude tests. I think I've failed every aptitude test I've ever taken! I wouldn't say I was impossible either. Not exactly employee of the month material but, I've held down the same job in almost a decade in the past, never had a warning, never been sacked.

It actually really depresses me that you almost need to be deceiptful and full of yourself to get ahead now. That's not a true representation of a person. What does it even matter if it's all quite possibly lies anyway?

Within jobs too- it can even become dangerous. People simply aren't given enough time to do their jobs these days. Partly because they have to fill in great checklists and reports to describe what they've just done! The idea of accountability is good- of course but, it isn't uncommon for people to simply lie and check that they have done something when, they haven't. So again- what's the point of it all?