On average, you'd guess the ____ 10% of the population of your country is more dishonest
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Maybe dishonesty is selected higher for both the rich and the poor but the impact of dishonesty is farther reaching in the rich
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with the rich the impact is twofold, (1) your bosses lies can become your job (2) the mechanics off sustaining monocultures
with the poor rather, I think it's largely cultural.
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Have you read peter theils essay the straussian moment? He talks about the enlightenment being a tacit agreement not to talk about questions of anthropology and human nature, who are we, what is man, etc.
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I'd assume people would lie more when they feel the need is greatest. Comfortable people can more easily afford honesty.
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The other answerers here are clearly not thinking this through. There is evidence bearing on this, like crime, poverty is correlated with basically evetything bad. Obv a poor drug addicted criminal is more willing to lir than some doctor family father
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Roughly equal, but the dishonesty of the rich has a greater impact on society and thus seems more prevalent.
