I've pondered this question a lot the past year during this covid sham, and it honestly baffles me how many people willingly go along with whatever the media and "authority" figures are saying (ie masks, vaccines). I think a lot of it comes down with trust. I was raised in a dysfunctional home, and partly due to that and my inquisitive nature, I am generally distrusting of authority. Therefore I tend to question and scrutinize anything I might hear from an authority source before accepting it as truth. For a lot of people, I think it's the opposite. They grow up learning to always listen and respect authority, no matter what. Public school indoctrination makes it worse by drumming that into kids heads. I think before people have to step out from herd mentality into the unknown of truther/conspiracy ideas, they need to know something is wrong in the first place, to start digging or researching or willing to challenge their beliefs. That doesn't come easily if they have spent their whole life trusting authority and believing whatever the narrative is. Once the picture is clear, there's no going back. I was pseudo-red pilled at a young age thanks to my dad, so it's been an easier journey for me. But yes, when I walk around my area and see people with masks (even 2 masks!) and hear about people clamoring to inject poison into their veins, I feel hopeless for humanity and wonder how people are so willing to believe a blatant lie. It all comes down to trust.