Ironically the question of "what else are they lying about?" is exactly what sent me down my red pill path years ago. The thing that confuses me though is that I honestly thought I made a breakthrough with one of them on covid, only for him to backpedal and immediately return to the media narrative days later.
I spent weeks trying to convince him that the covid death numbers were inflated and used to fearmonger. I tried a combination of the socratic method and linking data, and one of the links I sent seemed to get through and upset him. I thought, "finally he's getting it." But not even three days later, he's back to being deathly afraid of covid death tolls as if I didn't just show him the lies. He's the type who's incapable of ever admitting being wrong about anything, and I have no idea how to get past his ego. I figured being his friend would at least motivate him to honestly consider my perspective, but he's so quick to pull out the conspiracy theory card.
It's like they constantly swing between the precipice of the red pill and the leftist social media bubble. One of my other friends even voted for Trump, but then immediately bought into that "red mirage" bullshit they were pushing and is now off the train. It confuses me to no end. The only other friend I managed to wake up tells me they're probably in denial.
(P.S.: I'm still pondering the Sandy Hook thing myself. Definitely something off about that whole situation)
Yeah this is the mentality that kills me these days. I point out something fucked up about the government/'elites' and they just shrug and say shit like, "oh well, it is what it is." What will it take to get them to see how hard we're all being screwed?
Yeah I realized this recently. I've tried asking questions, but all that leads to is me watching a mental gymnastics routine in real time. It's like they don't want to (or can't?) think critically at all. I've even sent link after link of evidence, but they either go right back to sleep days later, or outright ignore it with pride.
Most recently I mentioned the stolen election and was asked to provide proof. Not only did he refuse to even look at it, but he wrote it off as bullshit right away. Same with the George Floyd situation and the inflated covid numbers. Why ask for evidence when you're just going to deny it anyway?
At this point I've all but given up on them. Now I'm just waiting for something to affect their personal lives enough to get those questions rolling.
I've been struggling to get a few friends to understand this concept for over a year now. They're still at the stage where they just plug their ears and shout "LALALALA CAN'T HEAR YOU" every time I hit them with a dose of truth that makes them uncomfortable.
Hmmm, got a point there.