There's something in the presentation and the language used by the authorities which is extremely effective. Obviously they've had decades since Bernays did his work to hone these abilities, and it shows. It's mysterious to me that people can listen to Fauci speak while simultaneously ignoring the fact that he funded the lab (openly and publicly) where the bug he says he's saving us from was created. The sentence I just wrote flabbergasts me every time the thought runs through my head. It's bizarre.

Like you, I have also been shocked by people's inability to confront the simple fact that a steel framed tower, cut in the middle, leaving two rigid bodies above and below, does not disintegrate into pulverized building materials in its own footprint. The lack of willingness to "trust our own eyes" in relatively straightforward events I now see is the weakness the authorities exploit.

This is a difficult life to navigate. I guess it always has been; this is just our iteration of the crazy.