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Martin Eden

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Tue May 20, 2025, 12:01 PM May 20

"The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil." [View all]

The speech excerpted below is fictional, from Season 2 of the Star Wars series Andor Though fiction, this speech by Mon Mothma holds some real truth for the world we live in today.

The distance between what is said today and what is known to be true has become an abyss. Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest.
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Truth cannot be defeated. mr715 May 20 #1
I like your optimism Martin Eden May 20 #2
There is only 1 truth mr715 May 20 #3
Truth is deep, and wide Martin Eden May 20 #4
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