Harry Potter overthrew an evil wizard but it didn't make him a normal human. William Wallace ended up hanged, drawn, and quartered. Aldebaran blew up before the death star. Han Solo spent a long time frozen in Carbonite due to treachery. Shawshank is 50 years of psychopaths.

Revelation of the method is like the rancid note in perfume. They have to give you a drop of truth once in a while to make the lie more palatable.

You said it right in your observation : intellect and immature. They have to go down to the level of the blue haired drones so they can relate on the same level. That's the only way to deal with those idiots ; treat them like the special child they've always been told they are. Literally baby talking to 'adults'.