mehr.sein.als.scheinen

a simple willingness to believe the worst about one's enemies, would allow dark rumors to be stated as fact and become themselves part of that social and cultural landscape of which we are only half-consciously aware.

Why do otherwise reasonable, rational people, who under normal conditions expect evidence for assertions, believe the most absurd claims without question?

It is a result of Pavlovian conditioning: constant exposure to particular stories, with zero exposure to any dissenting voice—far from it, any questioning is considered heresy.

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