Why the Left in Power Cannot Tell the Truth

The Left has no difficulty telling the truth when it isn't in power.  In article after article, book after book, it reveals the way in which money and power inflict violence and humiliation on millions throughout the world.  Yet the very same people, once they become the communication directors for radical regimes, immediately begin to dissemble.  And the question is why.  My guess is that socialism, of most varieties, simply cannot deliver prosperity--or at least the illusion of prosperity or enough prosperity.  It can immiserate many people, but it can't deliver what most people want: status.  Much of the working class, far from being the heroes of equality, would be delighted to exchange places with the wealthy.  And then those who have attained power themselves become interested in status (if they weren't already), and so the Left must then begin to lie, to fantasize about what their regime is actually accomplishing or not accomplishing, to turn away from the inevitable jailings and killings, the misery and hopelessness--or to explain the violence as necessary (to prevent the return of the Right).  The Right also cannot tell the truth--even outside of power.  But when it is in power, it has the ability, to a large degree, to provide a measure of prosperity to enough people to ward off revolt.  At times, it becomes so greedy that it cannot provide prosperity--or it engages in endless wars that eventually destroy its own economy.  And then, at times, social movements revolt and place leftists in power.  And so on and so on and so on.  The Right can deliver enough prosperity because, to run a successful business, you have to have some sociopathic tendencies--a willingness to be ruthless and to believe that underpaying employees or screwing over your competition or even accepting discriminatory laws that refuse to allow others to compete with you are acceptable, even moral.