When carried out by the great and powerful, lies are more than socially acceptable. They are essential to the rule of the many by the few. Indeed, myth and deception is the key to maintenance of unequal power relationships and economic injustice that underlie property rights, corporate profits, and shareholder equity.

Without lies and myth, governments could not govern, policemen could not investigate, lawyers and doctors could not practice licensed professions, and nations would disintegrate. Authority would just be ridiculous.