The more of an unbelievable caricature the “enemy” is described as, the more people band together to fight it and stop asking questions.

It’s a weird incentives spiral.

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It’s also a question of people not going deep into matters in general.

If you’re on autopilot, you don’t really dedicate the needed time to inform yourself on the situation with this “enemy”