Who decides?
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The politicians with the most money and influence decide many things as well as the media.
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When you say who decides "in" society, do you mean who decides "for" society?
Nobody! It is not anyone's job to decide truth. We have the Bible, that is Truth.
Nobody! It is not anyone's job to decide truth. We have the Bible, that is Truth.
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If you repeat a lie often enough people believe it. I think a quote something like that was attributed to Hermann Goebbels.
It's certainly curious how many people believe what their preferred talking head on TV says when they obviously haven't really thought about it for themselves.
It's certainly curious how many people believe what their preferred talking head on TV says when they obviously haven't really thought about it for themselves.
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Yes, they decide it for the masses (sheep), or as one writer who had a typographical error of misplacing the space (maybe accidentally on purpose), "them asses."
Speaking of sheep, Benjamin Franklin wrote the following in a 1773 letter:
“There is Truth in the Old Saying, That if you make yourself a Sheep, the Wolves will eat you.”
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The ruling class of any society decides what the masses believe. This is the purpose of public education and mass media. Media - not just "news", but much of entertainment as well. Public indoctrination through entertainment has been going on a very long time, before television and movies, there was required attendance at theater productions tailored to instill certain values/beliefs in the general public.
Religious literature is not exempt. Though there is undoubtedly truth in some common religious texts, there is also evidence they are not exempt from ruling class tampering. "God created your government/laws/ruler" / "obey the King" type messages are found in various parts of the bible for example.
The question of the OP was who or what determines truth. The ruling classes are generally not concerned with it as far as the general public is concerned - they are much more concerned with occulting (hiding) important information that would (if known), upset the balance of power out of their favor. That of course doesn't mean they lie about everything, but they do lie about a great many important things.
Religious literature is not exempt. Though there is undoubtedly truth in some common religious texts, there is also evidence they are not exempt from ruling class tampering. "God created your government/laws/ruler" / "obey the King" type messages are found in various parts of the bible for example.
The question of the OP was who or what determines truth. The ruling classes are generally not concerned with it as far as the general public is concerned - they are much more concerned with occulting (hiding) important information that would (if known), upset the balance of power out of their favor. That of course doesn't mean they lie about everything, but they do lie about a great many important things.