The reason Boris can lie with such ease is because he comes from a background where believing something is true is what makes it true.
Consider other false beliefs held by many which trickle down from the top. Meritocracy. Social mobility. Poverty as a personality defect. Addiction is a choice and a moral failing. Affluent people do better because they have better genes.
People with no direct experience of these things harbour erroneous beliefs about all of them. Their beliefs filter down as a prevailing sensibility regardless of their veracity. Boris believes his lies are true.
The end.
The end.
I realise all of these points will be contested. Refuted. That it's not the most scientific thing I've ever said. Still, I'm confident that one day in the distant future an alien race will study our demise and attribute it exclusively to the hubris of the upper classes
If you study the way boris talks about the world and global events you see encoded in his rhetoric a belief that all that's required to order reality around him is a certain kind of emotional attitude. This whole science based policy stuff must be a real head scratcher for him.
I reckon the politician that lies while believing they are telling the truth is far more dangerous than one who knows they are lying.
