According to Osho, people become inauthentic because a lie-based society rewards fakery and punishes truth. From childhood we learn that pretending brings safety, approval, and advantages, while honesty invites attack. Fakery becomes a survival strategy: politics thrives on lies, families train pretense, and even artists repeat what sells. Authenticity demands risk and a culture that honors truth.
People pretend because it keeps them safe and liked in a world that often punishes honesty, and we learn this early as kids.