Being Wrong
Summary: If a person never thinks they will be wrong, they will never be right… so the old saying goes. Reference the Dunning Kruger Effect. The effects of lying go back on to the lair at a later date. First, a lair must lie to themselves before lying to others and try to maintain the lie while the truth slowly eats away at the agenda.
Essay: While both parties can feel wrong when lying is instigated, a lie only exists if a second or third person believes it. If a lie is used or processed as the truth by a second person, they, too, are wrong because they did not respect the facts and chose fiction.
How long a lie exists will depend on the exchange of new information. To catch a cat burglar, one must catch them in the act, as the old saying goes. The first action to lie can be formulated by a personality disorder, misinformation, pressure, or a need to hide an action or past statement. Being a parent to children before balance and personal growth are found means the discovery or being right is over time.
When the authorities handle adults wanting to be wrong and make others expect it, matters change. In work and family cultures, being wrong and enforcing it is a sign that something is wrong with a narrative beyond face value.
Many cultures of different sizes will be held back rather than directed with the agenda for change, growth, and education. Usually, it's the least mature, the less educated, and the most needy person who tries to enforce being wrong to suit their biased needs. A covered or overt dictator comes in many forms. First, it's the two-year-old child needing to be fed and can't communicate to express. When it's a seventy-two-year-old person, something went wrong a long time ago.
A certain world leader or two has shown being wrong many times; the best insight is to go into their childhood for the answer. It happens all the time.
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