Unfortunately most Rats never learn.
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I worked around lots of them. They have a unique way of blocking out any thoughts of consequences. They are unpersuaded by facts, logic or the lessons of history.
“Exposure to true information does not matter any more. A person who is demoralized is unable to assess true information. The facts tell nothing to him. Even if I shower him with information with authentic proof, with documents, with pictures. Even if I take him by force to the Soviet Union and show him concentration camps, he will refuse to believe it until he is going to receive a kick in his fat bottom.”—Yuri Bezmenov 1984, regarding communist propaganda in the United States and how to brainwash a nation