Yes, many had a world view that was maybe explanatory in their experience and absolved them of responsibility. It's a hard thing to challenge and I think sometimes the mind can create mental blocks to prevent you. I think that is how people are radicalized or brainwashed. They are repeatedly told false things that satiate a person's desire to explain the unknown and shirk responsibility.
And yeah, it's difficult to tell who is simply uninformed and who is purposely lying to push a false narrative. It's important to approach interactions with both possibilities in mind.
I don't think it was a need for an explanation of the unknown, but absolving themselves of responsibility for their actions was definitely part of it. We can see that in the student loan "crisis".
However, I still personally think that what we're seeing is a group of people who are essentially zealots. They believe that they are morally correct and will do or think pretty much anything in order to justify themselves.
Yes, many had a world view that was maybe explanatory in their experience and absolved them of responsibility. It's a hard thing to challenge and I think sometimes the mind can create mental blocks to prevent you. I think that is how people are radicalized or brainwashed. They are repeatedly told false things that satiate a person's desire to explain the unknown and shirk responsibility.
And yeah, it's difficult to tell who is simply uninformed and who is purposely lying to push a false narrative. It's important to approach interactions with both possibilities in mind.
I don't think it was a need for an explanation of the unknown, but absolving themselves of responsibility for their actions was definitely part of it. We can see that in the student loan "crisis".
However, I still personally think that what we're seeing is a group of people who are essentially zealots. They believe that they are morally correct and will do or think pretty much anything in order to justify themselves.