#5 Thesis

Ericsson is arguing that it has become culturally permissible to tell lies, so much so that reality is distorted. The thesis statement is "Our acceptance of lies has become a cultural cancer that eventually shrouds and reorders reality until moral garbage becomes as invisible to us as water is to fish", and is located near the end. It is located near the end because she feels that it is important to be introduced to different types of lies, before fulling explaining her position. Oddly, the introduction of lie-types serves not only to inform, but also to persuade and strengthen the thesis, when finally presented.