Everyone isn’t lying though. The framework for seeking truth hasn’t actually changed, people have only grown more cynical. Many have simply given up, and many others have ideological interest in pretending truth doesn’t exist. It’s just a new iteration of an old game of repression.
The basics are still the same though - first you need freedom to engage with the truth as an individual or collective. Anyone who would deny you that is definitely hiding something. Then you need agency and actualization. Anyone who wants to keep you too busy or tired to seek truth is likely lying to you. This really isn’t that complicated - individual liberty, press freedom, academic freedom, etc - these are the foundations of truth. Those who seek to preserve them are trustworthy. Those who seek to restrict them are not.
There is admittedly a good amount of grey within these boundaries, but taken cumulatively, integrated over the long term, this framework creates a solid foundation.
Everyone isn’t lying though. The framework for seeking truth hasn’t actually changed, people have only grown more cynical. Many have simply given up, and many others have ideological interest in pretending truth doesn’t exist. It’s just a new iteration of an old game of repression.
The basics are still the same though - first you need freedom to engage with the truth as an individual or collective. Anyone who would deny you that is definitely hiding something. Then you need agency and actualization. Anyone who wants to keep you too busy or tired to seek truth is likely lying to you. This really isn’t that complicated - individual liberty, press freedom, academic freedom, etc - these are the foundations of truth. Those who seek to preserve them are trustworthy. Those who seek to restrict them are not.
There is admittedly a good amount of grey within these boundaries, but taken cumulatively, integrated over the long term, this framework creates a solid foundation.