Excellent post. I’m almost 73 and I saw it, too.
They certainly can’t be challenged by logic. Group think binds most of them together. Logic, the ability to think critically, and discernment, among other things, are foreign to them.
The only thing that might sway them a little bit is when they are negatively affected on a personal level.
I, too am almost 73. You could see this all coming from a long way off. Kinetics and bloodshed at our doorsteps now.