history

The vast majority of the people I know who were educated in the classic liberal institutions are thoroughly incapable of entertaining the idea that they themselves are the target of propaganda. They view their perspective - gained through their preferred sources of "news" - as "being educated". They don't think that what they take to be the story (the 'history' of the title of this post) can be profoundly and explicitly shaped to ends that have nothing to do with an accurate portrayal of events. Rather when another perspective appears, it is immediately viewed as "wrong". This is why 'misinformation' has grabbed such hold. It's saying the quiet part out loud. This is what the recipients of the official stories for decades have believed. They believe the storyline they receive is true, full stop. Anything else is automatically "not true". The past couple of years are demonstrating the devastating real-world damage such a naive acceptance of a shaped history can have.