I think some people just can't hang. My mom is an example. I love her to death. But she grew up in Los Angeles, lives in Seattle, is thoroughly indoctrinated and thinks these leaders 'mean no harm'. If I try to point out any truth on any of these recent subjects, I'm met with "no politics please, dear" and a quick change of subject or claim she has to get off the phone because of bathroom needs. I believe it's a well ingrained fear. When a person is 80 yrs old, and doesn't want to end life on the idea that every single thing she learned was an evil lie. It's so sad.

Great article!

I think it also points to the issue that if people accept that the vax is meant to harm, their world view will come crashing down.

I'm an ex lib, I've had to deal with my world view crashing down, but really nobody wants to deal with it.

sunken-cost fallacy. people feel too invested in the lie to divorce themselves or their identities from it, perhaps they don't even have a personality or know who they are without it?

The issue is "CHARACTER"

Mass mind control.

Pretending to be asleep prevents some people from waking up.

No, that's not it. Waking up would mean admitting to themselves that they've not only been wrong for most of their lives. It would mean admitting they've been catastrophically wrong. They'd have to feel like complete idiots, and have to admit as much to their like-minded friends.

That's a lot to ask of anyone.

Self preservation -- real or perceived. It's ugly.