After observing Nazism and Stalinism, Hannah Arendt warned that repeated government lying makes it impossible for citizens to think, judge and trust reality – eroding the basis for democracy.

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Repeated government lying, warned Hannah Arendt, makes it impossible for citizens to think and to judge

When officials lie time and again, people don’t know what to trust. And when this happens, citizens cannot deliberate, approve or dissent coherently, because a shared world no longer exists.

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