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at a population level, this total doesn't work. every IQ strata has their Joe Rogan - someone who speaks to their fear, hatred, and bias in a way that makes sense to them.

smart people are equally susceptible to propaganda and mind control as dumb people. But smart people think they are immune through "critical thinking".

FB has teams of social scientists with all the data in the world to run experiments on us. We are herd animals who think we are all rugged individualists.



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