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 When you find out that you've been lied to about one thing, it's human nature to ask, "What else have I been lied to about?"
Why aren't more people asking this question?? 
 Stockholm Syndrome 
 You’d think that but most are sheep. EVERYTHING should be questioned. 
 Some of them probably know deep down inside that the answer to that question is a lot of things and they aren’t ready for that. 

Finding out the answer to that question also means having to research and do your own thing different from what most do. Some people probably aren’t ready for that to. 
 😂  Quicker to list what wasn't lied about... 
 That list is non existent. 
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 It’s hard, but necessary, to admit we were wrong about the things we believed. 
 My tendency was to go to the other extreme…that everything is a lie.  I’ve settled more in between both extremes now. 
 Probably their ego 
 I say this frequently. Unfortunately, most people are just stupid.


https://m.primal.net/MYHK.jpg 
 Good quote 
 9/11 is a classic example. It’s a pretty horrifying realization for some people, many who have been raised to have a general trust in authority, to come to grips with the fact that not only does their government not have their best interests at heart, but will gladly kill them and millions of civilians to support a narrative in the name of profit and massively expanded powers to conduct surveillance. 
 Because it would require change. Not many are willing to change. Ignorance is bliss 
 I suspect that they're waiting for someone in authority to tell them what the next lie is.

 
 A good place to start is to ask what questions have the powerful made it punishable (legally, socially, or professionally) to ask. 
 Institutional training discourages this heavily.  At least one entire generation has been indoctrinated thus way. 
 The money led me to the food.