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The following remarks on truth and democracy were presented at the opening of a brainstorming session entitled Does Truth Really Matter in Australian Politics?
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With the political mess in France due to the Cahuzac affair, this is the perfect time to broaden the view on truth and politics
This article on the validity of truth and facts in politics, provides insight into the idea that politicians are not necessarily required to be truthful. In this article, the author gives recognition to the fact that politics is a very subjective situation. Here, people put forward their personal agendas, supposedly with the aim of improving Australia, and as such are allowed, and often even required, to warp the facts in order to make their opinions heard. The core of this issue is that whilst society and the media may attempt to prevent a person from seeking power on the basis of their deceitfulness, the underlying fact is that all politicians distort the information presented to us to make their case seem the best one.
Very good read.