The majority of German citizens did not know or believe there were extermination camps in Germany in 1944.
In fact, some had such a hard time facing how wrong they were when the truth came out, they made up wild stories like, “ its all a hoax. the jews did it “.
Never underestimate peoples heart felt commitment to stupidity, or fear of being wrong.
It’s cognitive dissonance I think.
When facing the truth shatters your world view.
thats a technical description yes.
but the experience for those who base their emotional confidence on what they know, is that they start feeling dizzy, and the world gets wonky as their paradigm starts swaying.
Then they revert into their amygdala, and can no longer think like a human.
Exactly. It’s actually quite understandable.
Here’s one☝️
“no really it was all made up”
Or fear of admitting the evils their complacency can bring
There are full of idiots today claiming that holocaust was a hoax. These people can't cite one simple credible source
sure they can.
they’ve constructed a pretty detailed lie, complete with books written by “infloooencers”, little clubs, all kinda of things to hide from being wrong.
But, its worth observing because it happens elsewhere to varying degrees.
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exactly the same mechanism.
except streamlined by the velocity of information these days
It is remarkable how much has been silenced over the years, and now that these witnesses have passed away, many stories are finally being told by their descendants who were aware of them. I have listened to some of such stories.
atyh - they preferred not to know
their behavior isn’t that much different from the behavior of people nowadays unfortunately
Most people see what they want to see and believe what they want to believe no matter the evidence. Most people will choose a comfortable lie over an uncomfortable truth almost every time. Very few actually seek the truth.
One of the best things about nostr is that most of the people actually want the truth most of the time.
Most people cannot handle the truth especially in this day & age. They’d rather believe what is told to them via internet searches 😚 but that’s a different topic of conversation 😊 stay continually blessed 🙏🏾
