We Who Wrestle With God

"A totalitarian state occurs when everyone lies about absolutely everything all the time," he says. "If in a political unit, there's still 10 people who are willing to tell the truth, then all hell will not break loose." In East Germany, like 130 people were government informants and they wore masks for 15 minutes every day of their lives; that wasn't cute. The Lives of Others is one of the best movies I've ever seen - it shows how humans can get themselves into those kind of societies by lying.