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!
I think there is a bit more to someone being an NPC than just intellectual laziness.
They seem to be "missing" something when compared to independent thinkers... or conversely, independent thinkers have something extra that most other people don't have. I can't prove any of that though.
Also, I don't believe this is a recent phenomenon. Some sort of ratio between NPC's and independent thinkers has been shown by various studies (some conducted long ago) to be somewhere between 80/20 and 70/30.
Whatever you call them - NPC's, sheeple, etc... they are basically followers that do not think for themselves. All they can do is find someone/something to follow.
Therefore, that is why leaders that have the best interests of their followers at heart are so important for the sheeple. President Trump, as one example. Bolsonaro as another...
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.