Part of the miscalculation was in thinking that conservative positions are common sense, as are things like the value of the free market, and a few leftist professors can’t overcome that.
People can be brainwashed through many years of indoctrination to irrationally reject common sense. When for decades, all external information coming in through academia and (later in life) the media is propaganda.
Every time a conservative thinks “surely they won’t cross THIS line,” the left is already stepping across it. For example - our own children getting systematically raped and trapped into sexual slavery by grooming gangs. Surely the left wouldn’t cross THAT line! - crossed.
Part of the miscalculation was in thinking that conservative positions are common sense, as are things like the value of the free market, and a few leftist professors can’t overcome that.
People can be brainwashed through many years of indoctrination to irrationally reject common sense. When for decades, all external information coming in through academia and (later in life) the media is propaganda.
Every time a conservative thinks “surely they won’t cross THIS line,” the left is already stepping across it. For example - our own children getting systematically raped and trapped into sexual slavery by grooming gangs. Surely the left wouldn’t cross THAT line! - crossed.