Lying leaders often endure because falsehoods serve emotional and political functions for followers.

They can reinforce identity, intensify grievance, create enemies, and turn loyalty into a shared performance.

The lie survives because it gives people something facts alone may not. ⚠️

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Why People Support Leaders Who Lie

A modern history of why people defend known lies through loyalty, fear, ideology, partisanship, and the pursuit of power.

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