I went for a swim the other day but did not get eaten by a shark. Jaws is a lie.
The 1965 real-life "boys stranded on a desert island" happened, proving that Lord of the Flies was a completely wrongheaded take on the idea. But a certain group of creators really like the idea that humans are really terrible unless some central controlling government keeps us from killing each other. Hobbes started this idea, but it lives on for some reason.
Yes I read the Lord of the Flies, and it had the big impact on me that it does on everyone. It's still a lie.