Everyone Is a Liar (And That Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means)
For a long time, I thought the idea that “everyone is a liar” was lazy, cynical, and frankly kind of dumb. It sounded like something people said when they were hurt, jaded, or trying to excuse their own dishonesty. It felt like an overgeneralization, a blunt instrument used to flatten human complexity into a single bitter conclusion. Surely not everyone lies. Surely there are people who tell the truth, who value honesty, who try to live without deception. I believed that. I wanted to […]
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