As does just about any and every other agenda I have ever seen.
And? What's the result of that? What do you see?
Do you see an enlightened world or rather a dystopia?
For what i can see, lies and bullshit rule the world.
So tell me, what is radical free speech worth when this is the outcome?
My point was to highlight a false dichotomy. Forkyfork was implying that only conservatives lie, or that they are the only ones with an agenda, or perhaps everyone lies, except for the particular "ism" that he or she happens to adhere to. I can't be sure, exactly, but it struck me as very naive.
I think it is safe to say that the statement in itself had an agenda, and not by lies, but by omission, another form of dishonesty.
As to your question, being a controls engineer, I know that bad things happen when there is no feedback to a system. In society, for stability to occur, these must be some form of correction, the actors must have some skin in the game.
I think that lying is not the problem. The problem is that there is no penalty when a person does harm to an individual or society. I could fill up this entire forum with examples of where powerful people have lied, bald faced, costing billions of dollars and millions of lives. Many of them are now happily and wealthily retired, with no repercussions.
Lying is not good, but it's a question of harm. Do we punish or prosecute flat earthers? How about we haul most religions off to court?
Goldman Sachs, among others lied their face off, and admitted that they lied and broke the law. For their efforts, (besides obscene profits) they got billions from the government.
So, I suggest to you that you are putting the cart before the horse. Lying is not the problem.
*edit* typos