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Michael Frankel's avatar

I can name that tune with five words: No truth means no trust. We live in a society where truth is twisted or devalued ( his, hers zers, but not THE). Trust is earned and it comes from the top down, starting with leaders in business, politics, education, science etc. When you breach trust and speak untruths or allow untruths to spread, you have shown you should not be TRUSTED

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Linda in MI's avatar

I think truth became meaningless when the phrase “my truth” became so widely used (thank you, Oprah). That phrase actually means what someone values or believes, whereas using the word “truth” has created a less important meaning for what we’ve always known truth to mean.

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TeeJae's avatar

In the personal development space, there is a distinction made between 'big T truth' and 'little t truth'. Big T truth refers to objective/universal truths like 2+2=4, and is THE truth. Little t truths refer to subjective/individual truths like beliefs and values, and is MY truth.

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Han's avatar

It was already a fairly well known idea when it was used to support a lie of silence in a movie called “Hondo” about 1950

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BasedDadRad's avatar

When the meaning of the word "truth" has been changed, society has dug itself an enormous hole.

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Michael Frankel's avatar

And that is THE TRUTH

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Michael Frankel's avatar

Apologies for leaving out today's #1source of mistrust:the media

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