• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Most are skeptical of anything outside their own understanding.

    Not true. They will readily agree to a lot of things that they don’t understand as long as the “right” people tell them to agree.

    You’re right about the fear motive, but pure authoritarianism is a huge part of it too: if the leaders say it, they’ll tend to not even consider disagreement an option.

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      6 months ago

      Exactly. They only implicitly trust their select media sources. That still puts the blame on those sending the message in my opinion.