The conflict over which statements are perceived as fact and which are not is a proxy for some other conflict relating to power. It may be that because communities define their borders based on adherence to what is knowledge and what is not, that communal conflict is rooted on who has the liberty to believe what they want to, and who has authority to define membership based on adherence. It may be that in some societies, a leader is able to look you in the eye and lie to you, and they know you know that they are lying, but it is such an expression of power that you can’t call them on it. And that re-affirms their power. Maybe[…]
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