the smart ones can be brainwashed with seemingly empirical evidence (i.e. fake science) because they are 'reasonable' …..add peer pressure, white guilt and some fear pron, supercharged by social media and voila! Conformity
> me to be right
that right there is powerful; especially if you are 'the black sheep' of the clan….and quite possibly smarter than all of them (although maybe not as 'successful' because you can't be a corporate lackey suck-up)…could be plain old fashioned jealousy
based