[–] CommonSense ago (edited ago)
Because that is how they are raised. Government takes children from parents at age 4-5, and starts cramming propaganda in them for 40 hours a week. And, then, they reward them for being able to regurgitate that information onto paper. They don't teach them how to think critically, and they are very systematic about which information they allow them to have.
You literally spend your whole life doing exactly what you're asking about.
You can't be an expert on everything.
[–] newoldwave ago
Politicians have learned to take advantage of this. They'll get in front of a camera and spout an outlandish lie and later when caught out have one of their staff declare the boss accidentally misspoke. Meanwhile the lie was out there and many people only heard the lie and not the feeble retraction. I recall some host on MSNBC saying, during the 2012 election cycle, that Sarah Palin is trailer trash. Completely false and never retracted, but got away with it.
[–] newoldwave ago
It's the "go along with the crowd" mentality.
[–] Konran [S] ago
Yep, that's certainly part of it. A dangerous trait that allows for the rise of despots, dictatorships and other wide-ranging group control mechanisms.