Theres a dark magic in boldly lying, in telling a big lie – repeatedly, with a straight face and with confidence and authority. One of the greatest liars of the last century – Adolph Hitler – taught that the bigger the lie, the more believable it was. During WWII, the U.S. governments Office of Strategic Services – a precursor to todays CIA – assessed Hitlers methods this way: His primary rules were: never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it. (emphasis added) In his 1925 autobiography Mein Kampf, Hitler – who actually did lie his country into war, and a whole lot more – explained with remarkable insight the fantastic power of lying
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 03:24:53 +0000
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