An employee’s kiss of an employer’s ass is described as a pretense that masks real work. Quotes argue that fake sincerity and pretense can lubricate society, but when stripped away, truth remains. They also note that cultural views on objectivity and expectations are often built on thin pretenses.
![“[T]he vast regulatory structure the federal government has erected in the name of the commerce power cannot be ended overnight, in many cases, but the pretense that such programs are constitutional can be ended, even as the programs themselves are phased out over time.” quote by Roger Pilon](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7bc/roger-pilon-65996_business_t-he-vast-regulatory-structure-the-feder_772783.jpg)
