Look up the term postmodernism. Lots of academic intellectuals believe in this which can be summarized as “truth is subjective but people make truth claims to assert power”. So they’re basically led to believe that objective truth doesn’t exist and everything is objectively a lie anyway. Therefore just decide what lie to believe and say based on who you want to grant power to.
It'S tRuE tO mE!!
It's a valid question.
It definitely seems that way.
Look up the term postmodernism. Lots of academic intellectuals believe in this which can be summarized as “truth is subjective but people make truth claims to assert power”. So they’re basically led to believe that objective truth doesn’t exist and everything is objectively a lie anyway. Therefore just decide what lie to believe and say based on who you want to grant power to.
They don't need to think. The MSM tells them what to think
Interesting to know (maybe) that not all people/npc's seem to have inner speech/critic... https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/pristine-inner-experience/201110/not-everyone-conducts-inner-speech
This is the application of Marxist critical theory. Lenin describes such in his book. Know what we’re facing: a power dialectic.