Liar Liar, Pants on Fire - How Lies shapes our current and future world.

Why lies matter?

Lies do matter as much as the truth. Lies can move crowds. Lies can start campaigns. Lies can start wars and stop them. Ever since we started to listen to our parents, we do not know whether we are living a lie or is there something called "us" and "future" in the first place. However, this article is not about deep philosophy about existence or time. This is just superficial facts about how a lie can shape our world for the better or the worse.

"A mine is a hole on the ground owned by a liar"

This famous quote tells us something about someone who sells us a future. Apart from owners of mines, who sell us, unpredictable precious stones which may or may not be there, there are many other sellers, life insurance companies does the same. So does investment banks. So does the stock market. As future is unpredictable, we are buying into some of these lies. But the tragic is there is no, alternative. Similarly, we educate ourselves without a guarantee of future success. We invest our time without ever knowing what is there beyond our death. We live a life as per societal expectations without a guarantee of a peaceful death. I am not saying education doesn't improve the odds of a satisfied life. But I am saying there are no guarantees to this hence partly a lie.

A mine

Pathological liars

There are some, and there are few of these kinds. Current American President seems to be one of them. I am not in a position to comment about his conduct, yet, as his lies have far reached consequences, and it has affected me, in the form of a financial crisis, I am qualified to write about him. Consider this man who cannot make a pudding without extravagant toppings. When there is one ship in strait of Hormuz, he says there are thousands. When there is one missile shot down, he says thousands were shot down. When there is one telephone call between Teheran and Oval office clerk, he says they are so close to make a "Peace Deal" leaders of Iran. I have never seen world leaders so confused about US president's intentions, before this era. It is hilarious on one hand, and on the other he seems bold and blunt.

Liar liar pants on fire

Oscar wild once said, in his play, "I can resist anything except temptation". Here is a man who cannot resist temptation of lying. On the other hand, he seems to be impenetrable to lies of other world leaders. The fake humanity that everyone else covers their faces in the morning, hiding the hedonistic one which comes at night, seems to have no effect on him. Once I saw a guy who was a comedian, who became a president of a country and acted like he was a president and dragged them into an unnecessary war. Here is a businessman who acts like a comedian, while being the president of a country. I am not sure what would be the outcome, whether the act is intentional or not. Only time would tell. But sometimes I wonder, is there a way without a cost to life? Can we weight the current ongoing killing of people,

against a future nuclear war?

It seems, that alternative universe is not going to happens while current president of US is alive. So, we would never know.