Just why don't we have truth anymore?

[kimbutgar]

[bdamomma]

1. Because

they have smeared the truth, along with facts, education and the list goes on and on.

[lastlib]

9. Because republikans. eom

[mopinko]

2. they have sown confusion. that is the first step.

once you convince people that all the important stuff is unseen, that so much lurks in the sewers, you pretty much can tell them anything next.

[C_U_L8R]

3. It's the Russian way.

[bdamomma]

12. propaganda

can rot a person's brain. Period. It's their way to control the masses. And there's a lot of stupid people who believe in it too.

[Joinfortmill]

4. Limited trusted sources

And in some cases, willful belief of known lies.

[appalachiablue]

5. Movement away from western liberal democracy, reason and

truth towards authoritarian power which thrives on mendacity, sorry to say.

I hope this dangerous shift can be altered soon.

[Garrett78]

6. Right wing ideology has always been built on a foundation of lies.

And as right wingers get more desperate (in the face of social progress, demographic change, increased secularization, etc.), the lying becomes more extreme. They don't have a choice. They must lie to survive. If they told the truth, virtually nobody would vote Republican. The GOP would cease to be a viable political party.

Republicans are assisted by an overabundance of distractions, a stunningly ignorant public, an irresponsible profit-driven media that gives equal time to lies and obfuscation, and a tyranny of the minority political system.

[Liberal In Texas]

7. Philosophical I suppose. We do have truth. We also have lies.

It's your job to figure out which one is which.

[Marie Marie]

8. Because to some, the truth is just too damned inconvenient.

[GReedDiamond]

10. All I want is the truth...

[Johnny2X2X]

11. Watch this please.

This is why.

[KT2000]

13. Excellent!

He is a brilliant man - hit so many points. When he puts it this way I can see we are already living in the land of oligarchs.

[NCLefty]

14. Too many corrupt conservatives with power, Fox News, and the Internet.

And the whole cult thing. Telling their viewers they can't trust anyone else keep people from questioning (see: religion).