THE ADVANTAGE OF LIE-THEORIES (UNTRUTHFUL THEORIES) Lie-theories can accumulate

THE ADVANTAGE OF LIE-THEORIES (UNTRUTHFUL THEORIES)

Lie-theories can accumulate references, quotes, citations, recommendations, and advocacy, more cheaply and easily that truthful-theories. And they do.

It is more advantageous, and cheaper to lie, than to speak the truth. Just as it is more advantageous to commit fraud than it is to trade with the fully informed. just as it is more advantageous to work for the state, than in the market. Just as it is more advantageous to conquer than to trade.

Free riding is always more advantageous to one party than another. But it is less advantageous to a polity.

This is why polities matter – without them, morality is not in anyone’s interest. Together, as a polity, morality is in *nearly* everyone’s interest, if not in every single soul’s interest. Conquerors, oligarchs, and their dependents are the ones who benefit least from morality.