Unfortunately at some level, as usual, it comes down to game theory If you tell the nuanced truth and lose, and your opponent tells simplified untruths and win

Unfortunately at some level, as usual, it comes down to game theory If you tell the nuanced truth and lose, and your opponent tells simplified untruths and wins, where does that leave you? As I understand it (obviously a gross simplification), Jimmy Carter attempted to treat Americans like adults, but Americans did not want to inconvenience themselves by wearing sweaters