> To me, the reason most people choose liars as leaders is because they prefer comfortable falsehoods to hard truths. I think you hit the nail on the head ther

> To me, the reason most people choose liars as leaders is because they prefer comfortable falsehoods to hard truths. I think you hit the nail on the head there, and probably explains the belief in gods and how religions also exploit it. A sort of psychotherapy session for the community, if you want to believe in that.