Another Carney Truth Bomb — We have been living within a lie.

About this episode

Vaclav Havel, the Czech playwrite-turned president, in his 1978 essay, "The Power of the Powerless" described how regular people went along with the friction of the then governing Communist party, because not pretending was a career-limiting move. The average shop keeper didn't believe a word of the government slogans plastered on his window - he just wanted to sell cabbage, without a visit from the Thought Police.