Everything that has happened to US politics since 2016 refutes that premise.
I believe in most ways you are correct, but in REAL life: it's complicated. Crime does often pay. Cheaters sometimes win. Known liars can gain cultlike followers.
But it looks like a lot of people aren't seeking the truth. In other words: "I lied to you and what will you do about it?" You might stop believing the lying person, but that means others can still make him rich.
And most people will be annoyed by preaching and you will get sued for defamation (because the liars don't care if it's not right) or bullied in any way possible. And still, despite wide recognition of lies, the liar will have support, he can even be a president (happened in my country, not USA).
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Everything that has happened to US politics since 2016 refutes that premise.
I believe in most ways you are correct, but in REAL life: it's complicated. Crime does often pay. Cheaters sometimes win. Known liars can gain cultlike followers.
Allow me to qualify: "You lie gets exposed" -- to those who're seeking the truth. If one is not seeking the truth, they could be a part of the lie.
But it looks like a lot of people aren't seeking the truth. In other words: "I lied to you and what will you do about it?" You might stop believing the lying person, but that means others can still make him rich.
I will expose it, of course, as far and wide and immediately as possible.
And most people will be annoyed by preaching and you will get sued for defamation (because the liars don't care if it's not right) or bullied in any way possible. And still, despite wide recognition of lies, the liar will have support, he can even be a president (happened in my country, not USA).