Countering Deception Let Your Yes Mean Yes and No No #Deception

The Downfall of Deception and Not Being Meaning What You Say

Wouldn't it be nice if those in government and politics followed this principle of “what you see is what you get” and "let your yes mean yes and your no mean no?  Big if!  How sad and shameful.

According to the first rule I talked about in my other article about the 80-20 rule, this rule should tell us that 80% of the people in politics do not say what they mean, nor mean what they say. Instead, for 80% I think it's accurate to say that here's what most people expect and anticipate is going on, and this is unfortunate:

Lies, deceit, dishonesty, hidden agendas, corruption, masking the truth. Such are the hypocrites and can be compared to this: sharks, snakes and vipers, vile yet appearing to be clean, meek and outwardly kind and respectable. They have no integrity.

They are wolves in sheep's clothing, playing the appearance game, and behind the scenes are actually being secretive, sneaky, cunning, sinister, devious, maligned, schemers, scammers and only playing lip service and appearance games to get ahead for their own agenda and advantage. These people are the worst kind of character and soul that can ever exist.

A person dedicated to the rule of WYSIWYG as a rule of life and business does not need to play such games nor be dishonest or deceitful like this. Their lives can be so much simpler, freer and happier, because no web of lies or deceit are necessary. All of that dishonest infrastructure, as I call it, is not needed.

Let Your Yes Mean Yes and Your No Mean No

In truth, people can be straight up and honest, where their yes means yes, while their no means no. It’s really simple, and it's a choice. No one forces them to be a deceitful person, they entice themselves and make these choices based on what they have to gain, as they lose their own souls.

In all of their earthly riches, power, and glory, these deceivers are the poorest people on earth. Their actions and methods are unacceptable, and should not be tolerated as they are today. They talk a nice game and kiss babies on one hand, while their decisions kill and destroy unnecessarily on the other.

Why Is Honesty, Truth, Integrity and Straightforwardness So Difficult For So Many?

So why don't people get it? Why are people also afraid, suspicious and wary of those who try to be WYSIWYG? Are they jealous that some can be that way, but they can't? Maybe.

But I also think it's because they're so used to the deceptions in life and with the dishonest people and all the games that they played, that they lost faith and hope, and just can't believe anyone or anything at face value anymore, because they can't see why others may still have some faith or hope.

What's unfortunate is that this continuous deception all around us today in politics and advertising has us always looking for conditions and caveats, and seeking some hidden meaning or agenda. We have been conditioned not to take things at face value any longer, and this is not good.

Such people see inner hidden thoughts and agendas, so they waste their time creating false judgments about people and situations, and make something out of nothing, because they probably enjoy living and playing in a world of deception.

Worse, they further the cause of deception and its power, by calling those who don't use deception, naive. They have made it difficult for truth to prevail and for the light to shine through.

I'm Not Being Naive for Wanting More WYSIWYG in the World!

It's not that I'm naive, it's that those who want to live this way or think this way don't realize that they are prisoners, captive to an idea that counters true freedom, that goes against truth and that sides on the side of falsehood, and evil, actually, in the final analysis.

It's mental enslavement, and it causes their lives all sorts of trouble and despair. It also goes contrary to having faith and following a higher cause. Ultimately, following deception is an outward indication of an inward state. It creates a tangled web that traps people and then they give up their principles in order to gain for themselves and their families. Think politicians.

The Path of Deception and Untruth Is Not Wise

Shockingly, many choose this deceptive path, because they feel the easy way is the crooked path, and that it is the most expedient. So they lose their soul and give up their birthright, in the process, to gain in the short-term, at the expense of the long-term and everything they lose, to include their own soul.

They don't know how to face themselves and confront their own soul or character, and in their twisted minds, they somehow justify deceits, which in truth are unjustifiable, and will burn them in the end.

What Can We Do Against the Deceivers?

I've got to admit, I'm tired of deception and deceivers out. Aren't you? Can't we just be honest with each other? My goodness, let's follow WYSIWYG, where we are more honest and straight forward. How is that a novel concept, how is that not the general rule?

Why can't we take anything at face value anymore? Shouldn't we try to create conditions where we make some changes here for the better, and eliminate so many deceptions? What can we do?

We can seek to tell the truth, and to expose deception and deceit at every turn. The way to stomp out darkness is to shine the light of the sun on it and let it get bleached and cleansed this way. We must demand honesty, transparency and accountability.

We must also stop using the ways of deception as a modus or method. We need to be more chivalrous than that. 

We've got to stop being intrigued with the ways of the Machiavellianism, an absolute Pandora’s box that, in most cases, seems to bring nothing but negative results and outcomes in the world, as does any way of deception.

There is a better way, and the way for bad things to stop is by exposing them and demanding justice wherever and whenever we can.  Very few situations exist as exceptions where deception must be used.  These are usually issues that involve national security, for example.  Yet even these can be abused.

I will talk more about how the Machiavellianism is in most cases a grand self-deception, at my article entitled "The Ends Do Not Justify The Means As A General Rule" because this philosophy is one that in most cases, falsely declares ”better to be deceitful to gain something, than to be honest and possibly not gain anything nor score any points." 

 As a general rule, following Machiavellianism is not honorable, chivalrous, or necessary in most dealings.  Yet it seems to have become the way and  the rule, rather than the exception.  Don't miss this!