They have been brainwashed.
Socialism/communism may be a con game that doesn't work, but these people believe in it...they have been conditioned to believe it works.
Many of our neighbors are counted among the enemy.
They have been brainwashed.
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Exactly right. Its not hard to brainwash people with promises of free stuff at the expense of successful people whom they deeply resent. Its an easy sell.