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Hannah Arendt on Lying in Politics: A Philosophical Perspective

Contemporary politics the world over suffers bad names in various states, nations or countries. Hence, in very many countries today citizens largely describe politics as a dirty game and the politicians as thieves of some sorts, such as pen robbers, fraudsters, and very dishonest and untrustworthy people or individuals out to hoodwink and shortchange the citizens. When a serious matter arises, some people are quick to say that they are not talking or playing politics and thereby implying that politics is a base and banal phenomenon. Whenever a matter becomes political, nobody takes anybody ser…