I might argue that the "normies" cannot be woken up, because they've *chosen* to be where they are. They're not there out of ignorance, because there's enough evidence to dispel ignorance. No, they're where they are by deliberate (if subconscious, if that makes sense) choice.
As Thomas Sowell observed (paraphrased), "you cannot reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into."
I might argue that the "normies" cannot be woken up, because they've *chosen* to be where they are. They're not there out of ignorance, because there's enough evidence to dispel ignorance. No, they're where they are by deliberate (if subconscious, if that makes sense) choice.
As Thomas Sowell observed (paraphrased), "you cannot reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into."
"You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged, and many of them are, so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it." Morpheus, "The Matrix", (1999)
I might argue that the "normies" cannot be woken up, because they've *chosen* to be where they are. They're not there out of ignorance, because there's enough evidence to dispel ignorance. No, they're where they are by deliberate (if subconscious, if that makes sense) choice.
As Thomas Sowell observed (paraphrased), "you cannot reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into."
I’ve said this for a while…. people are choosing to stay ignorant at this point.
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
They were led there by emotion, so they cannot be led back out by facts.
Willful Ignorance is a helluva drug
Now there is a truth that needs to have it's own separate category labeled for recognition.
"You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged, and many of them are, so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it." Morpheus, "The Matrix", (1999)