It's not just your parents, and with respect to them (and props to Mark Twain for the quote) -- "it is easier to fool people, than to convince people that they've BEEN fooled." Some don't want -- or can't fathom -- being woken up.
It doesn't help that some folks today would rather succumb to groupthink, rather than think critically. Thinking critically can be a lonely business...getting you ostracized and branded a conspiracy theorist in most circles.
It's not just your parents, and with respect to them (and props to Mark Twain for the quote) -- "it is easier to fool people, than to convince people that they've BEEN fooled." It doesn't help that some folks today would rather succumb to groupthink, rather than think critically. Thinking critically can be a lonely business...getting you ostracized and branded a conspiracy theorist in most circles.
It's not just your parents, and with respect to them (and props to Mark Twain for the quote) -- it is easier to fool people, than to convince people that they've BEEN fooled. It doesn't help that some folks today would rather succumb to groupthink, rather than think critically. Thinking critically can be a lonely business...getting you ostracized and branded a conspiracy theorist in most circles.
With respect to your parents (and props to Mark Twain for the quote) -- it is easier to fool people, than to convince people that they've BEEN fooled.