When a great New Lie is conceived, only the depraved soul(s) who thought of it tells it. Most have never heard of the New Lie, are utterly uninterested in it, and would just as soon live their lives without knowing anything about it.
During the beginning stages of an important New Lie, it is made clear that vast sums of money will be made from it. The inventor of the New Lie will offer a chance to “get in on the ground floor” to those who will make whatever contributions they can to profit when the New Lie expands. This is the “seed money”, without which a New Lie can never be successful.
In the vital “start-up” period, the New Lie is first proffered by and offered to people who’ve proven their ability to support previous New Lies. No New Lie can afford to have people around who might derail it by telling the truth. The New Lie’s supporters immediately say the lie is supported by all good “progressives”, “idealists”, and “activists”. That ties them into the experienced network of professional liars.
The “start-up” evolves into the beginnings of “Going Public”. With outrageous, often shocking, antics, those who have embraced the New Lie make people aware the New Lie and of the fact that the “true progressives”, who support the New Lie are superior in every way to the “conservatives”, who are “too stupid and selfish to really understand the problem”. After defining the New Lie in these terms, those who embrace it are told, “We’re glad you’re supporting this position. It is for the best.” This mechanism encourages people to make a stand with no facts at all.
Then, the New Lie goes through its Public Offering. Alarms can be spread to like-minded, willing participants around the world in a matter of days through the usual media mechanisms that have evolved to effectively spread New Lies. Those who embrace the New Lie at this later stage will never make the big profits that go to those who helped with start-up capital in its early days. But, they can get jobs, consulting fees, and surprisingly large amounts of other such crumbs. Embracing each New Lie allows them to firmly cement their positions within the larger New Lie Community.
During the New Lie’s Public Offering, it will run into public opposition. In these important, early days, arguments against the New Lie are analyzed and run by focus groups. Uncomfortable facts are brought up, prompting a blossoming structure of Support Lies. Explanations and contradictions are introduced into the mix, along with the “new definitions that are necessary to truly understand”. For many, these neutralize any “real objections” to the New Lie. As soon as possible, the professional liars will use the phrase, “There are no real objections to our position.” and “The science is now settled on this issue.” over and over and over again.
As the Public Offering progresses, people take sides. Some will support the New Lie. They have supported earlier New Lies, and take perennial satisfaction in being part of a “brave, forward-looking movement”. Others will say, “It’s a crock.”
Those who fight against the New Lie have two motivations. One group understands that the New Lie will divert cash flows away from them. Another group, smaller and poorer, is motivated by the quaint notion of thinking it’s important to stand up for truth.
As it grows, each New Lie quickly divides ever more people into two groups, those who support the New Lie, and those who renounce it. The supporters are said to be “sensitive” and “understanding”, along with the ever-popular “progressive”. Those who renounce the New Lie are said to be “hide-bound”, “reactionary”, “selfish”, and “ignorant”.
Next: The successful spin-off.
After a New Lie becomes established, support groups begin to profit. Newspaper and TV spots support the New Lie with anecdotes, photographs, often of entirely unrelated phenomena, and estimates of future catastrophes sure to occur if the New Lie is not funded.
Many, many books are written. The only buyers for these books are tax-supported libraries. But, the 120,000 + libraries in this country provide the largest, single customer base for books about New Lies. That, many conclude, is the only reason that tax-supported libraries continue to be funded in an increasingly illiterate population, at astronomic costs to taxpayers.
Academic studies are invented with amazing speed to get students to invest their usually borrowed at high interest rates tuition money in learning the New Lie. As larger numbers of students are graduated with utterly useless degrees, political pressure mounts to establish bureaus, regulatory authorities, and agencies where they may be employed.
Soon, the New Lie is established. Then, it becomes an Old Lie, and is attacked by New Lies that proclaim it to be an “outmoded, antiquated, conservative structure that no longer fits today’s needs.” A perfect example of this process is the EPA. It began as a new lie, and is now attacked for “not doing enough”.
When New Lies replace Old Lies, the Old Lie agencies are usually kept in business. They’ve been investing greatly in fostering and furthering their relationships with taxing authorities, and, once established, that funding tends to go on and on and on.
So, a nation’s capitol is increasing populated with pyramids of lies. Both New Lie opportunists and Old Lie careerists know that governments can only support a certain percentage of counter-productive liars, and each fights to be able to survive in case of collapse. Automation has allowed more and more people to get into the Lie Business, which does, after all, keep them off the street.
