NPCs are created and maintained by keying off of their laziness. They don't want to fight, just accept their slavery. Doomers are about the same, it's easier to give in.
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🧠 These people are stupid!
They fear the unknown, they fear being wrong, they fear alternative thinking. They are full of fear.
Too many people in modern society have lots of fear because they've never been forced to step outside of their comfort zones and take real life risks. Over time it's easy to see how this can create irrational fears of things within people.
Further evidence of the erosion of faith.