It's something I've been aware of for years, but as with most simple things it can get easily overlooked.
People have been conditioned to believe that words are actions even whilst the 'actions' appear to be contrary to the words.
Virtue signalling is a prime example of this.
They got people to do it themselves, and to each other, so much so that when the MSM and government started doing it they just believed whatever the fuck they were told, without seeing that the actions didn't match.
This is how they convinced the world that Trump was the evil one, causing TDS, even though he did more for Americans in 4 years than any other presidents did in 40.
There is absolutely no possible way to break their cognitive dissonance, the only ones who can break their brainwashing are the ones who did the brainwashing
well, they repeat the lies daily, over and over. this works on a lot of people, especially when it seems very fearful. others are not so easily hypnotized. it took years for me to fully breakout of my programming, and i still discover deeper layers as time goes by. They say even when an authority figure confesses the lies people have been taught to believe and reveals the truth, the brainwashed will continue to believe the lies. most people are taught to believe authority figures, so that is why they constantly drag out fauci to reinforce the programming.
Literal hypnosis