In the US of A LYING is a way of life for many. A fish starts to rot from the head and the head is dumb don. He made lying HOLY. SO?

Of course lying did not begin with dumb don. He just elevated the art and made it COMPULSORY. Truthtelling is suspect and one can end up in prison or a dungeon or "disappear" in thin air never to be heard from again. Anyone who corrects criticizes contradicts dumb don is gone. Swift absolute.