They are literally all severely mentally ill.

They suffer from television mind control. Monkey see, monkey do.

Tv programming is unbelievably powerful.

I can't understand why so few others manage to recognize what's happening.

Maybe we really are living in a simulation, and most people are actually NPCs. Like a video game.

That would go a long way in explaining why so many others are so foolish, and can't be convinced of the obvious.

A bit like that game on The Onion: World of World of Warcraft.