[Savage Beast]

It does have to do with intelligence.

My children and grandchildren all see this nonsense for exactly what it is, even the Californians.

My granddaughter, 6th grade:

"Do you know what they are teaching us? That humans are killing the oceans and destroying the planet and we're all going to die from global warming. That's all they talk about."

Savage Beast:

"Do any of the children believe that?"

My granddaughter:

"Some do!"

[RoosterRedux]

Very intelligent people can still be brainwashed.

Are you saying that your children and grandchildren are immune to this brainwashing because they are intelligent and others are not because they are not as intelligent as your children and grandchildren?

There are many factors that might serve as resistors to brainwashing.

Resistance to brainwashing is a function of weakness/strength of identity, propensity for guilt and self-doubt, weakness/strength of faith in a higher power.

Intelligence, per se, (i.e., the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills) is not.

Now, all that said, there are different kinds of intelligence. Perhaps you are defining intelligence differently.