my, my Graham, aren't YOU glib...  sounds like you could barely stiffle the giggle for the interview... 😑
 I'LL give you a reason for the lie
 IF we really were on a small little planet spinning in space, we could say "Look!  We have limited, depleting resources we need GOVERNMENTS' (Latin gubernare "to direct, rule, guide, govern- ie., mind-controllers) to control, restrict, manage, resell, and confiscate the limited resources to their financial advantages.  on the other hand, 
IF the world is an infinite plane containing vast amounts of land beyond both the south AND north poles, then the PTB who set this hoax system up (Jesuits and the Church's deliberate manipulation of the world's population 500 years ago...)Said another way:  if we KNEW there was more land HERE, that it's not REALLY out in space like our governments and 'scientism' artifice, even the ice wall we call Antartica couldn't hold us back.  It is entirely possible to walk to Mars,  and the Navy has KNOWN IT SINCE 1948