The leftists I know just “believe the news” and are so stupid they cannot imagine that those wonderful folks in the mass media would ever lie to them.
Propaganda does not work on everyone—but it does work on those with weak minds and weak character.
It’s not comfortable challenging the narrative. People will call you radical. Plus it requires a motivated intellect. Our sense of awe and winner has been crippled by screens. It’s much easier to be swept into the current of manufactured news and eek by in a make believe world. Only tragedy and catastrophe can make you understand the horror of allowing yourself to be seduced. But by then, it’s too late. You’re perishing and cannot be saved.