I believe in the truth.  I have often postulated that secrets are a means for controlling others.  We keep secrets because if others know, they will make decisions which are outside of our control.  Think about it this way: cheating on your partner requires that you lie to your partner.  You know that if your partner learns the truth, your partner may not be your partner any longer.  The only way to keep “control” over the situation is to lie to your partner.

Mahatma Gandhi said “there is no God higher than truth”.  In this new world of electronic banking and FaceBook connection it is becoming more and more difficult to lie.  Mortgage bankers wanted the world to believe that greedy Americans who could not afford houses had tricked them into a worldwide banking and mortgage crisis.  The mortgage bankers tried very hard to convince the world that they were blameless.

Because of the indefatigable memory of a computer, mortgage bankers did not get away with the lie, it was they who profited from the mortgages, it was they who now have millions, indeed billions in their personal checking accounts.  Mortgage brokers were not victimized by greedy Americans; their smear campaign fell victim to the perfect memory of the computer chip.

Propaganda will now fall on deaf ears.  We have been dosed with a healthy bit of cynicism and now, we have the means to find the facts of the situation.

So, like the cheating husband, who got caught via the traffic cameras driving to his mistress’s house, large corporations and big banks will no longer be able to fool the public with sweet lies and propaganda.  We can go online and find out what bank fees really are fair.  Then we make a decision based on real knowledge.  We then tell our friends, who tell their friends.

To me, that transparency equates to sweet freedom.  I now have the ability to make decisions based on the truth, rather than someone else’s fabrication.