Why do we lie so much?

Everyone lies.

Politicians, media, government officials, corporate officials, entertainers, radio people, tv people, authors, friends, neighbors, relatives; they/we all lie a lot.

People like to talk, but are very poor at listening.

People will believe almost anything if it supports their point of view, or if it attacks an opposing point of view, even if there are no facts or any supporting evidence for the thing they want to believe. So we not only lie to each other but we lie to ourselves.

People will ignore the truth, ignore facts, will ignore plain obvious information right in front of them if it detracts or discounts or disputes a belief they have.

What we really need to do is instead of believing everything we hear, or everything we want to believe, we should assume everything is a lie. Then you need to look at what is motivating the liar to lie, and then decide if you want to follow that course or not.

Why? What is it about humans that makes us so inherently dishonest? We spread rumors that aren't true, we tell stories that aren't true, be trick people, scam people, we believe things that aren't true. We have entire industries that seem to be built on lieing to people, tricking them or getting them to believe someting that isn't true (the advertising industry).

Why?