[A_non_e-moose]

> leadership literally lies to congress, judges, the public, their users and their customers all the freaking time.

The judiciary system takes lies into account. Doing that while testifying under oath might end poorly. See SBF's trial for reference.

[dadadatamen]

And that's great! Similar schemes are still rollin', though, and there are people right here on HN, who could blow the whistle on a great many things that are unethical and corrupt.