[pc86]

I hope this isn't too off topic but one of the key underpinnings of, for lack of a better word, capital-D Democratic / liberal (/ leftist-ish?) ideology in the US is that there is not a universal truth governing reality. Watch any debate where "objective truth" gets brought up and more than half the time the response won't be disagreeing with that truth but that the entire idea of an objective, universal truth is faulty.

[ndsipa_pomu]

I think the issue isn't whether there's an "objective truth", but it's obvious that some things are truer than others. I often find that people who argue against objective truth are actually trying to push a viewpoint that has little to no evidence to support it whilst they also try to deny a different viewpoint which does happen to have some decent evidence.

[dsr_]

> the entire idea of an objective, universal truth is faulty.

Which is the key aspect of authoritarianism: power is expressed by stating their opinions -- even, indeed, especially, insincere opinions -- as fact.

[pc86]

Maybe, but I'm not sure authoritarianism has anything to do with what we're discussing here unless I'm wrong

[dsr_]

Authoritarians also love ascribing the methods that they use to their opponents.