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The Grass Is Green, Politicians Lie and Voters Don’t Fact-check
Having the privilege of living in a democracy should not cause us to believe all we are told by elected officials and those seeking public office.
If you repeat a lie often enough it becomes truth (not to everyone but to many people). A good example of this is the “stolen” 2020 USA election lie. It has long been known that when politics enters the room through one door, truth leaves through another. And, personal truths, on many levels, go hand in hand with corruption.
The least corrupt countries in the world; New Zealand, Denmark, and Finland are ranked highest and are regarded as consistently ranking high in transparency according to Wikipedia’s Corruption Perception Index. Seen as the most corrupt country in the world is Somalia, scoring 8–10 out of 100 since 2012. All countries around the world are evaluated on a 100-point scale based on the trust that international experts and business leaders have in public and government institutions in the rated countries.
The Corruption Perceptions Index 2018 finds the United States in 22nd place, with a score of 71. The USA is right behind France but ahead of the United Arab Emirates — just. Canada slid to its lowest level in at least a decade on…
