EPISODE · Jun 8, 2026 · 17 MIN
A Brief History Of Lying (Season 7 Episode 6)
from History's Greatest Idiots · host History's Greatest Idiots
Trust in institutions is at a historic low. Turns out there are about sixty years of very good reasons for that.From Watergate and Thatcher decimating mining communities, through the cash for questions scandals of the 1990s, Iran-Contra, the fabricated case for the Iraq War, and a British Post Office scandal that ruined the lives of hundreds of people, this is a brief history of how governments, politicians, businesses, and institutions systematically destroyed the trust of the people they were supposed to serve.We also look at why not all distrust is the same, what manufactured distrust is, and give you examples of people and places that have worked to earn your trust.https://www.patreon.com/HistorysGreatestIdiotshttps://www.instagram.com/historysgreatestidiotshttps://buymeacoffee.com/historysgreatestidiotsArtist: Sarah Cheyhttps://www.fiverr.com/sarahchey
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