1.0VDH’s Blade of Perseushttps://victorhanson.comVictor Hansonhttps://victorhanson.com/author/vdhanson/The Lies We Have Lived Throughrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="sb8fFIzf11"><a href="https://victorhanson.com/the-lies-we-have-lived-through/">The Lies We Have Lived Through</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://victorhanson.com/the-lies-we-have-lived-through/embed/#?secret=sb8fFIzf11" width="600" height="338" title="“The Lies We Have Lived Through” — VDH’s Blade of Perseus" data-secret="sb8fFIzf11" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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https://victorhanson.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/202404701_vdh_lies_we_have_lived_through._C-scaled.jpg25601706You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.