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BG, personally, I think it boils down to "laziness" and a willingness to be "led-by-the-nose" by anyone who claims they "know something."
In my circles, I find that many are "willingly ignorant" of facts. They hear or see something on TV or the radio...and it is automatically "fact." They conduct no independent study to form their own beliefs or opinions...then, they spread the "facts" to other "lazies" and then the rumors are perpetuated and then become "facts" due to them having been repeated so many times that no one knows the truth about it anymore.
Sheep simply want a Shepherd. They don't care who it is or how good they are at leading. They simply want to be led. They don't have to think critically or logically at all -- just tell them what to do and where to be -- and they are happy.
When you question them, they have no adequate retorts other than what they have read or been told.
Sad really, but reality.
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