RE: How much of everything is a lie?
Indeed. Be curious, doubt and question to think more about what we are told and what we see as well. In 2010 I realized how hard it is to get people to look into things, to go beyond the conditioned veil of appearances and more to the deeper substance of what is really happening.
I realized people will believe whatever they want to because they don't really care for truth. Knowing the definition of belief and truth also helps when saying things. Unless its verified we can't call it truth. Just believing what someone says and calling it it truth isn't truth lol.
We believe in the facade and image of "good" all around (Columbus, "terror" attacks and the "good" govt) yet aren't even cognizent of the difference between good/evil, right/wrong, truth/falsity. It's all just an intuited automatic involuntary uncritical assessment based on the appearances provided to us.