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Cognitive dissonance.

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Aka willful ignorance.

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The deeper the belief, the more contradictory it is to reality. The more contradictory, the harder it is to overcome. The logic is thus: If A =B, and B=C, then A=C.

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Or rather, the unhealthy way they resolve it. *In theory*, democracy provides mechanisms for this...

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It is called a firearm for a reason.

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