[As some have suggested, this brainwashing phenomenon appears to have required a spiritual element (i.e., demonic, that is).]
Well, they want the population to “accept” that a man in a woman’s dress is a “woman” - that is pure madness / reprobate - so.........appears so........The Devil sows confusion.
At this point, I’m willing to consider the idea that what St. Paul describes as a “strong delusion” in 2 Thess. 2:11 might not be so much a single big lie as an entire system for propagating many lies. IOW, leftist-run social media operating in sync with corrupt government.
Not committed to that take, but it’s definitely one of those “Things That Make Ya Go Hmmmmm.”