Someone (who chose not to be tagged in this post) asked this question:
How are some of us aware and appalled that this (misinformation) is happening and others just go all in with the conspiracies?
What do you all think? What makes the difference?
Please refrain from just calling people stupid, I know it can definitely feel that way, but we can do better than that.
@RickiTarr IMO if you want a "simplest possible" explanation, social circle is the one to go with.
Humans, by and large, are shockingly accepting of whatever our in-group believes and asserts. And, inconveniently, psychopaths and sociopaths aren't naturally like that, while the rest of us either learn how to be skeptical of authority as we grow up, or we don't.
Beyond that is where it starts to be about particulars. Culture, media exposure, education, individual psychology, lifestyle, etc.
Ricki Yasha Tarr
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