content: this for me is THE most frustrating aspect of human nature. you can SHOW someone for a fact HOW these mechanisms of propaganda work, show them the various aspects of fallacious thinking and cognitive biases (MANY best selling books have been written on the topic) and they will STILL make the same mistake EVERY FUCKING TIME. it's like as if you showed someone how a simple magic trick worked, (the lady is all squished up in this side of the box, and fake legs stick out of the other side) and then proceed to do the exact trick of "sawing her in half" AND THEY ARE COMPLETEY FOOLED!  it's mind boggling. they never wise up.