I was wondering why so many people get fooled to believe in all sorts of non-sensical ideas. Why has the woke left become so big? And why do people on the right also follow people who are clear grifters? Why do people on the extremes on both sides become haters of jews? Who do people believe in crazy conspiracy theories? (I deliberately say 'crazy conspiracy theories', humans can and do conspire, and there's nothing wrong in itself to theorize about that, but one can go too far) Why can you keep talking with someone who has nonsensical ideas, but what your saying falls on deaf ears? For example, I have an acquaintance who is on Twitter all the time, and who beliefs the Jews are behind everything. He can't be talked with. Everything in the video below I recognize. He talks in slogans and he talks about famous people who interacted with him, and he tries to impress and shock me when I talk to him, which is fortunately not very often. I tried for years to convince him to stop on his path, to touch grass, rediscover reality, and to make something of his life. But it never had any effect. So yeah, pearls for the swine. Different things could be going on: people could have strong narcissistic tendencies and just enjoy the attention they get, they could be victims of indoctrination and propaganda and stuck in ways of thinking that run very deep, or they could just be lying, trolling and deceiving, they could just enjoy the drama they cause. See the video below, it is short and adds another perspective: that people are not just wrong or bad for believing crazy things, but that they are stupid - and in fact that the force of stupidity is one that has an enormous effect on society. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww47bR86wSc