I discuss some of the important elements of being able to tell the truth.
These are not all in order.
We can look at telling the truth from a progressively functional perspective.
It starts off with the brain and the mind's ability to discern the truth.
We must then consider it's ability to tell a lie deliberately.
Contrary to what some might expect lying at scale is rarely the product of the mind being unable to discern true or false.
Instead lies or truths are selected to serve higher functional purposes.
Lies nearly always impose a debt that must eventually be paid off.
Lies often serve to defer a cost or a problem through ignorance.
Conversely they may serve to sell a benefit that never materialises once a cost is paid.
Many lies seen to achieve a certain objective ultimately end up working against their objective.
A system built on lies is often betrayed when approached truthfully.
Lies especially through ignorance or exerting givens permit conflicts that would otherwise not be allowed.
This can appear at first to be progress rapidly building up a world view or belief systems that would otherwise be impossible.
This approach can only be sustained for so long.
Such conflicts do not arise purely from the information model we built upon reality.
They're often intrinsically present within our reality in some form or another.
They're not unidirectional. Our information system is a means which dictates interaction with reality which interacts back.
In many cases you cannot truly maintain a lie. Reality will eventually tell the truth.
I find that if you want global cooperation, integration, mass immigration and other things the worst thing you can do to achieve any of that is to be a liar.