They for like sheep what the propaganda media tell them and as time goes on and they gorge down on it, they believe the lie. In fact, the Nazis used this propaganda and Joseph Goebells famously said…..

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie.

Most awake people know the first sentence, but neglect the second.